Re: Where did /= come from?

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

Programmer Dude wrote:
> I'm learning Ada (installed GNAT and AdaGIDE last week, wrote Hello, World).
> 
> I was somewhat bemused to stumble on Ada's version of "not equals": /=
> 
> 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. I find the != symbol in C
completely confusing as ! is an exclamation mark so it sounds more like
EQUAL than not equal :-)

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