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Personally I'm more against "=" being the assignment operator, which should be ":=". The problem with := is that you run the risk of the Pascal trap, in that n
by chromatic 16y ago
Personally I'm more against "=" being the assignment operator, which should be ":=".
The problem with := is that you run the risk of the Pascal trap, in that no language which uses := for assignment has ever become more popular than Pascal.
- redthrowaway 16y agoIn general, I just don't like hitting shift, and so am opposed to :=.
- Jach 16y agoLet's compromise and make it ;=.
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- redthrowaway 16y agoI'd rather if the compiler simply determined whether or not it was used as an assignment or comparison and just go with a single =.