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From: liam@cs.qmc.ac.uk (William Roberts)
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Subject: Re: := instead of = ?
Message-ID: <152@cs.qmc.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 29-May-86 06:23:29 EDT
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For the time being, you can catch a lot of the typos by putting

                if (5==x) ...
instead of      if (x==5) ...

I *know* it looks very strange, but losing an = in the first
causes the compiler to mutter about illegal lhs of assignment.
Losing an = in the second, however....
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William Roberts                 ARPA: liam@UK.AC.qmc.cs
Queen Mary College              UUCP: liam@qmc-cs.UUCP
LONDON, UK