The need for D-scussion (was Re: D Wishlist)

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <6128 at bellcore.bellcore.com> sjs at spectral.UUCP (Stan Switzer) writes:
>How about:
>	q = a/b, r = a%b;

Nice try, but no cigar.  It works fine for this simple example, but
what if a and b are replaced by more complex expressions, perhaps
involving side-effects?  This is the same situation that justifies
the presence of the op= operators in the language.