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Robert I. Eachus wrote:
> you are fighting. It is a readability issue.  How many times do I have 
> to misread :+ as := to wipe out all the advantage from adding :+ to Ada? 

Worse yet, have your finger miss or slip off
the shift key when trying to type ":+"

-- 
Wes Groleau
   "Grant me the serenity to accept those I cannot change;
    the courage to change the one I can;
    and the wisdom to know it's me."
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