I stumbled across the Dictionary of Programming Languages, and HOPL http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/ http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/ while I was trying to figure out why

I stumbled across the Dictionary of Programming Languages, and HOPL http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/ http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/ while I was trying to figure out why I pronounce "a = b" as "a gets b" rather than "a equals b". I think I pronounce it that way because the first time I ever heard anyone speak out loud in code a lot was in a Modula-2 class in college. I think they say "gets" for ":=" in that region of the programming world. I try to remember to say "equals" for "=" when I read code in front of other people, but sometimes I slip and get funny looks. But assignment, whatever characters are used to write it, is pronounced "gets" in my brain.