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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> Many years ago I took a course from Alan Perlis, who was at that
> time a fan of APL (and also other things, I don't mean APL only).
> Describing APL, a phrase he used that stuck in my mind is "all in
> one fell swoop", talking about computation that is done using
> array operations rather than looping.  At first I didn't see what
> he was getting at, but over time I started to see the value of
> computing based on data rather than computing based on control
> flow.  My preference here for 'k += *s0 == c0;' is mainly an
> outgrowth of that insight.

I totally understand and respect this opinion -- and I definitely don't
feel desperately strongly -- but offer the following rejoinder, courtesy
of Don Knuth

   "Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of
    programs: Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a
    computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to
    human beings what we want a computer to do"

k += (*s0 == c0) (and as I read it, your rationale for it) falls firmly
in the former category.

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