On May 9, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Andrea Suraci wrote:
Lars Jensen wrote:
In either case, I would argue that neither authors nor readers are
helped -- for one thing, to be sure of what's happening, they have to
examine the "Inc" method in every project they see (and repeatedly
over time, to be extra double sure).
However, I would like it if RB offered the += operator, because once
it's in the language, everybody learns it and can rely upon it.
I agree, it would be nice to have at least the += and ++ operators.
The classic argument that they are not part of the BASIC syntax is
quite weak today, since most of what the RB language provides was
not available in the original basic in the first place. Also, those
operators are available in all the most used modern languages, such
as Java, C#, Obj-C, and C/C++ of course, so adding them to the RB
syntax would make RB *easier* to learn for anyone with at least a
bit of programming background.
Whether C is a modern language is arguable; it's at least thirty
years old.
Charles Yeomans
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