From: "Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ken Foskey wrote:
> > I always make that mistake 'if( $a = 10 ) {' that is why I always 'use
> > warnings' and, most importantly, correct the code. Pet peeve is 'use
> > warnings' and then not cleaning them up.
> >
>
> That's because way back in grade school, you were taught that 'a = 10'
> (make a equal to ten) and 'a = 10' (a may be equal to ten) are the
> same thing. Computers are stupid; you have to tell them the
> difference. Not your fault; blame it on your teachers.
I don't think so. There are "programming languages" that use the same
operator (or rather the same syntax) for both and decide which one
you wanted based on context. Thus restricting what you can do. And
confusing their users.
Eg. in Visual Basic you write
a = 10 ' Let a be equal to 10. Yeah, comments start with '. Silly.
if a = 14 then ' If a happens to be equal to 14
and even
bool = a = 10 ' Let bool be true if a happens to be 10 and false
otherwise
(Why do I keep using "let" instead of saying "Set a to 10"? Well,
because there is a Set statement and a Let statement and the equals
are equivalent to the Let one. The difference between
Set a = b
and
Let a = b
is ... erm ... very well thought out. That is if you are crazy.)
Jenda
P.S.: Sorry, I felt like venting.
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