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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Xxxxxx Xxxx)
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Subject: Re: colon-equal vs equal
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Date: 23 Dec 88 01:16:12 GMT
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>How did the := come into being in languages like Algol, Pascal, and Ada?

IAL 58.

>I still prefer the way it is in C (and a little lesser so in Rexx and

Booooo! Hisssss!

It's all in how you read it. I read `a:=b' as `a becomes b' not `a equals b.'
`a equals b' is `a=b.'

So what about the shift-key? We're all touch-typists, rught?
-- 
As Loki walked with Othin wise,                                      -- s m ryan
with Hoenir under summer skies,                                 
they found a river swift and deep.                              -- Andwari's Gem
They followed whither waters leap.                                        -- 1/2