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From: dsill@NSWC-OAS.arpa (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: == vs =
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Date: 28 Jan 88 17:24:38 GMT
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In article <558@cerebus.UUCP> Greg Shubin <cerebus!gregs> writes:
>     brain thinks:  "if x is equal to y then ... "

      brain applies "C-mode" transform to above thought to
      convert the abstract logical expression to C code.
      oops, there's a bug in the transform causing ...

>     fingers type:  "if (x = y) ..." instead of "if (x == y) ..."

Does it make sense to change the language because some people have a
problem making the abstract <=> real transformation?

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