For the range case, languages like Python got it right because the statement "1 < x < 5" means exactly what it would seem to mean. For other languages I’m not

For the range case, languages like Python got it right because the statement "1 < x < 5" means exactly what it would seem to mean. For other languages I’m not sure it matters for inequalities. For equality though, I always use the form "if (constant == x)" as opposed to "if (x == constant)" because in C it guarantees that the compiler will trip over an accidental-assignment typo. That is, "if (constant = x)" is a compilation error but "if (x = constant)" might be missed.