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From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.lhota.adarose@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Where did /= come from?
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 17:06:01 GMT
Date: 2002-11-08T17:06:01+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z9Sy9.28$4N1.6@nwrddc04.gnilink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3DCAEFF2.3340992@mmm.com

Maybe this is why C / C++ programmers dislike the ":=" symbol for
assignment. They are bound to think that

    a := b

is equivalent to

    a = (a) : (b)

and the right hand side is missing the "cond ?" prefix.





  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-08 17:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-06 16:12 Where did /= come from? Programmer Dude
2002-11-06 16:50 ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-06 17:25   ` Programmer Dude
2002-11-07  9:31     ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-07 11:19       ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-11-07 11:23         ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-07 22:56       ` Programmer Dude
2002-11-08  9:43         ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-08  9:53           ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-08 19:35             ` Programmer Dude
2002-11-06 17:33 ` Robert A Duff
2002-11-06 20:17   ` Programmer Dude
2002-11-07  6:50 ` Matthew Baulch
2002-11-07  9:21   ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-08  0:23     ` news.bctel.net
2002-11-08  9:45       ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-07 14:58   ` Ted Dennison
2002-11-07 15:29     ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-11-07 22:57       ` Programmer Dude
2002-11-08 17:06         ` Frank J. Lhota [this message]
2002-11-07 15:03   ` Robert A Duff
2002-11-07 18:02   ` Vinzent Hoefler
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