Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!scc!steiny From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: Re: Reading programs left-to-right. Message-ID: <543@scc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 20:50:22 EDT Article-I.D.: scc.543 Posted: Fri Aug 23 20:50:22 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 23:46:31 EDT References: <6571@boring.UUCP> <4951@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: Don Steiny Software Lines: 27 > > In article <6571@boring.UUCP> jack@mcvax.UUCP (Jack Jansen) writes: > >Why do most programming languages do assignments like > > > > I think that it is mostly due to the legacy of Fortran, Algol, PL/I, > etc. As to why these languages do it this way, I suspect that it has to > do with mathematical notation. > Barry Margolin In English we say: Fred is fat. Black is white. and generally ascribe the qualities on the right to the noun on the left. Why would you want to do it another way in a programming language? -- scc!steiny Don Steiny @ Don Steiny Software 109 Torrey Pine Terrace Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 (408) 425-0382 (also: hplabs!hpda!hpdsqb!steiny)