RE: Shorthand Syntax (was XFoot with Qualified DS's)

> Call me a dinosaur (and you probably will :-), and I 
> certainly don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but IMHO 
> these are syntaxes which I will probably never use.
> 
> On the one hand, we're all grateful for the RPG enhancements 
> that allow us to enter nice long variable names, and we're 
> happy that we can now mix upper and lower case and give the 
> shift key a workout, but somehow we can't abide the notion of 
> having to type:
> 
> a = a + b
> 
> and instead are begging to be able to limit ourselves to
> 
> a += b
> 
> Personally, I don't see the point (won't be the first time ;-).

You're not the only one.  I feel the same way.  Make it explicit, leave no
doubt.

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Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
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