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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: Assignment in test: OK?
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Date: 19 Sep 90 12:35:04 GMT
References: <1698@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <Sep.14.10.39.43.1990.17114@sparky.rutgers.edu> <535@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
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>In article <Sep.14.10.39.43.1990.17114@sparky.rutgers.edu> gaynor@sparky.rutgers.edu (Silver) writes:
>>similar.  If I had my way, assignment would be `<-' and equality, `='.  Hmm...
>
>So 
>	if (a<-1) {
>		...
>	}
>takes on a whole new meaning ... (and always succeeds!) IMHO this is even
>more confusing than the =/== debate.


My My -- You must be an S programmer, where <- IS the assignment operator.
But now how do I say ``If a is less then -1''? 


			-Kartik




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