How do you feel about ADD 5 TO X GIVING X?
I kid, of course, but "X is x + 5" brings Prolog to mind with all the unification and bidirectionality that implies.
Re:DBase: 1979-2026
by jagged-chisel on Monday May 11, 2026 @07:38PM
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> ADD 5 TO X GIVING X
Grammatically, this would not change X. "...GIVING X" would just return X. Since it's part of the same statement, it seems it should ignore the "ADD 5 TO X" part.
Now, if you'd like to place the result into X, I suggest "ADD 5 TO X" would suffice as the entire statement.
X is 5
X is x + 5