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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: The wonders of C (=/==)
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 22:57:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 22:57:08 1985
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> 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.

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