why no ++?

[Alex Martelli]

"Quinn Dunkan" <quinn at retch.ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote in message
news:slrn9mu445.62q.quinn at retch.ugcs.caltech.edu...
    ...
> Eiffel goes even further with this, for example:
>
> fp.read_line
> s := fp.last_string
>
> I haven't decided yet if this consistency is of the hobgoblin variety or
not.

To me, it seems cleverly designed to maximize threading
problems/race-conditions/horrid-bugs.


Alex