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>   Does anyone think that the shorthand syntax is a little backwards?
> It replaces this format: X = X + 1 with X += 1.  Shouldn't it be X =+
> 1?  It's a little easier to visualize putting the X in between the = and +
> than having to reverse it.

There's a practical reason why you can't do that.  Take this example:
"X=-1" In your proposed syntax, it subtracts 1 from X.  However, in the
current syntax, it sets X to -1.  How would the compiler know which one
you meant?


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