On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:32:12 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: > >Not ambiguous, I suppose, but sometimes counter-intuitive. > >What does this mean in C: >If A=B then..... > I cherish languages of the ALGOL lineage for their use of "=" as a comparison operator but not for assignment.
And some DEC languages used <left-arrow> for assignment when that was a prevalent graphic on Teletype print elements. (I believe ASCII usurped the code point with <underscore>. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
