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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
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Subject: Re: Algol68
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Date: 26 Mar 91 14:49:45 GMT
References: <1991Mar22.013748.4944@ico.isc.com> <3787@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> <chl.668272227@m1> <9168@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1991Mar22.153944.1096@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Mar22.153944.1096@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:

>For a VERY simple reason: Real Programmers (TM) are not masochists
>and seldom are Real Typists (TM) and simply HATE to type for the
>most common construct in any program the loathsome, redundant,...

>   :=

Well said!  However, that is only the second most common loathsome,
redundant &c.  The most common, which should truly be hated since
any decent language design can get rid of it, is the vile, obnoxious

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