On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:19, you wrote: <<snip>>
We're straying a bit from the original thread here, but I couldn't resist this comment. > Ergo my point: I don't look to mathematicians to tell me how to write > math, but to computer scientists such as Kenneth Iverson. Although > sure, I'll take suggestions from math PhD peanut gallery. > I believe Iverson used = to mean equals (as God intended it) and used <- (an arrow) to mean assignment. He knew enough not to mess with a perfectly good existing notation :-). --John -- John M. Zelle, Ph.D. Wartburg College Professor of Computer Science Waverly, IA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (319) 352-8360 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
