Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: == vs =
Message-ID: <3270@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 88 08:36:33 GMT
References: <11523@brl-adm.ARPA> <1202@eneevax.UUCP> <8836@ism780c.UUCP> <910@ur-tut.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <910@ur-tut.UUCP> broe@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Eric Brown) writes:
> 
> If you think :: for equality would reduce development cost, why don't you:
> 
> #define ::    ==

For the same reasons one can't #define @ *    or #define # &

a) it don't work

b) many C programmers will think you're weird and say
   remarkably nasty things about your coding style...

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