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From: djz@cbnews.ATT.COM (Danny Zerkel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: :=
Keywords: assignment comparison
Message-ID: <9944@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 5 Oct 89 13:03:28 GMT
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Reply-To: djz@cbnews.ATT.COM (Danny Zerkel,45256,cb,1C393,6148605852)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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My personal preference is to spilt these down the middle.

I would use := for assignment and == for comparison.  And not use = at all!
But, I haven't actually worked with a language that does this, so this might
be a bad idea.  I can't help thinking that in a language where assignment
and comparison are equally valid (e.g., C), it would make an obscure sort
of sense to make then symbols as distinct as possible.

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Danny J. Zerkel
AT&T Bell Labs
Columbus, OH