From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,3b9cb18e1220c16c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-06 09:30:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news From: cjsonnack@mmm.com (Programmer Dude) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Where did /= come from? Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 11:25:32 -0600 Organization: 3M Company Message-ID: <3DC9508C.E4741F2A@mmm.com> References: <3DC93F8B.9E28FD15@mmm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD 3M/NCP 4.5 (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30473 Date: 2002-11-06T11:25:32-06:00 List-Id: 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! > Preben Randhol -------------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol > �.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being > sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.� > -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett My very favorite author and modern philosopher! -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.