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From: mouli@cavell.UUCP (Bopsi ChandraMouli)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: The wonders of C (=/==)
Message-ID: <382@cavell.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 20:02:29 EST
Article-I.D.: cavell.382
Posted: Thu Mar 28 20:02:29 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 30-Mar-85 01:34:25 EST
References: <9436@brl-tgr.ARPA> <12@rtp47.UUCP> <1401@ut-sally.UUCP>
Reply-To: mouli@cavell.UUCP (Bopsi Chandramouli)
Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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Summary: 

In article <1401@ut-sally.UUCP> riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) writes:
>> It seems to me that the normally-cited "save keystrokes" reason for
>> the =/== choice cannot be correct...
>
>Wasn't "==" chosen for its obvious analogy to "!=", "<=", and ">=" ?
>That's what I've always assumed, at least.

 The "obvious" analogy goes like this.   :=)
   
     <=  -- less than OR equal 
     >=  -- Greater than OR equal 
     !=  -- not OR equal   (not quite right!) 
     ==  -- equal OR equal                  
                  or more appropriately
            assign OR assign

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