My CS professor (~ola) taught it as "gets" and to this day when I talk out code people get confused. I'll say, "x gets 3" and they look at me funny. But I find

My CS professor (~ola) taught it as "gets" and to this day when I talk out code people get confused. I'll say, "x gets 3" and they look at me funny. But I find it helpful for differing between assignment and equality.