Re: Where did /= come from?

[cjsonnack@mmm.com (Programmer Dude)]

Preben Randhol wrote:

>> I'm curious about its derivation or the reason behind the lexography.
>> (Perhaps a desire to use common keyboard characters?)
> 
> I don't know if it is the real reason, but the mathematical sign for not
> equal is: =/=. That is a = with a / through it.

Ah, that makes sense!

> I find the != symbol in C completely confusing as ! is an exclamation
> mark so it sounds more like EQUAL than not equal :-)

[grin] In my background I'm so used to thinking of 'bang' as 'not'
that makes perfect sense to me.  It just shows ta go ya!


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