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That's precisely why Algol used ':=' for assignment ;-}
by ScottBurson 9y ago
That's precisely why Algol used ':=' for assignment ;-}
- msla 9y agoEh, C/Java is an Algol, too. You know, like how Scala/Scheme is a Lisp.
- ScottBurson 9y agoI think it was Fortran that first used plain "=" for assignment; and C is a descendant of Fortran as much as of Algol. So that might have been a more appropriate reference.