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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3b9cb18e1220c16c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-06 12:30:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!priapus.visi.com!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 14:17:49 -0600 Organization: 3M Company Message-ID: <3DC978ED.CCC3FA00@mmm.com> References: <3DC93F8B.9E28FD15@mmm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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:30484 Date: 2002-11-06T14:17:49-06:00 List-Id: 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 ?? -- |_ 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.