Re: Where did /= come from?

[cjsonnack@mmm.com (Programmer Dude)]

Robert A Duff wrote:

> It's as close as you can get to the normal maths symbol ("=" with a
> slash through it) in 7-bit Ascii...

That's two votes for it and none opposed.  The Ayes have it.
(Sorry, that time of year in America.)


> Ada is descended from Pascal, which uses "<>" for not-equal.
> That's pretty ugly, IMHO, and I'm glad Ada didn't mimic it.
> For integers, "less than or greater than" is the same as "not equal",
> but many types have a not-equal operator but no less-than, etc.

Sure.  Apples <> Oranges !!
       Apples <  Oranges ??

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