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It was before my time, but ALGOL used ":=" long before BASIC existed. The point is that academics have repeatedly not used "=" for assignment for successive new
by willtim 10y ago
It was before my time, but ALGOL used ":=" long before BASIC existed. The point is that academics have repeatedly not used "=" for assignment for successive new languages over many decades. Clearly they care, even if you do not.
- rwallace 10y agoWell yes, it's clear that repurposing '=' for assignment confuses or at least annoys many academics, no disputing that. But your earlier claim was that it confuses children, which it certainly does not. (Source: it didn't bother me in the slightest when I was learning Basic at age 11, or any of the other children I talked to about it.)
- willtim 10y agoYou have your personal annecdotes and I have my own. We will have to agree to disagree.