Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: == vs =
Message-ID: <7052@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 12 Jan 88 00:49:14 GMT
References: <11216@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <11216@brl-adm.ARPA> RAY%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Ray Lauff) writes:
>I do agree that changing the assignment operator to := would be a radical
>alteration of the language, causing many programs to require changes, ...

Damn near ALL programs!

>why not try to correct potential problems now, before it becomes standard?

Because we intend for the standard to be used, not ignored.