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From: richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
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Subject: Re: When do you use "if ( a = b )"? (was Re: Funny mistake)
Message-ID: <4365@skye.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:06:46 GMT
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In article <1991Mar21.213027.24314@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> d9erikb@dtek.chalmers.se (Erik Bergersjo) writes:
>Besides, I think "if(a = b)" is more readable. It's clearly one of those
>extra features / pecularities that make C the special language it is!

It's hardly a peculiarity of C.  It's just part of C's rather limited
attempt to be an expression language.

-- Richard
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