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From: Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? [although this thread changed
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Date: 26 Sep 2003 20:41:57 +0200
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18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) writes:

> "Jeff C," <nolongersafeto@userealemailsniff.com> wrote in message news:<BkAcb.579943$uu5.94364@sccrnsc04>...
> > "Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler" <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> wrote in message
> > news:bkubhj$5v7t7$1@ID-175126.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Russ wrote:
> > 
> > >just basic common sense. Let me ask you which of the following is more
> > >readable:
> > >
> > >lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhnowqoowldvno :=
> > >     lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhmowqoowldvno + 1
> > >
> > >or
> > >
> > >lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhnowqoowldvno += 1
> > 
> > They are not equivalent.

What about 

   lwienfowowoenfnowoqnd += 1

and

   lwienfowowoenfnowoqnd := 1

How many chances there is to misread one for another in a real-world
application ?

Pascal.

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