Just as a neat bit of trivia that isn't mentioned in the article, the inventor of the equals sign was Robert Recorde[1]. Dijkstra provides some additional backg

Just as a neat bit of trivia that isn't mentioned in the article, the inventor of the equals sign was Robert Recorde[1]. Dijkstra provides some additional background at [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Recorde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Recorde [2] https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1073.html https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/E...