Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 05:47:03 +0200 From: Alson van der Meulen <alm@flutnet.org> To: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: the =+ operator Message-ID: <20010814054703.A28712@md2.mediadesign.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108131936330.7544-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108131936330.7544-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov>
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 07:38:27PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Jan Knepper wrote: > > > I just checked on this "=+" and "=-" with the guy that wrote the first > > native C++ compiler and he does not recall it at first being that way... > > of course not. It had changed long before C++. You have to go back to 1976 > to find this. > > > I have been programming C++ myself for over 10 years and *never* heard > > this before. I do not know where it comes from. > > Guess I'll repeat it. Go find the original V6 Unix "Documents for use with > the Unix time sharing system" and look in there. These were made available > ca. 1976. Like this? :) http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/cman.ps Look at page 8 of that file... it indeed shows the lvalue =op expression syntax Alson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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