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I too would prefer := or even =!

• asddubs 5y ago
  or <= which vhdl does (it differentiates between variables and signals so it uses both := and <=)
  • samatman 5y ago
    What's stopped me from using this syntax in the past is that it means LTE in basically any language I can think of. One can certainly design a grammar where it's unambiguous, I have in fact, but it still doesn't look right to me.
    • mst 5y ago
      R uses <- which is less ambiguous at the cost of no longer having an equals sign in it.
      • Dylan16807 5y ago
        That sounds like a benefit to me, not a cost.
        • lostmsu 5y ago
          That also means they have to use spaces? Otherwise what is the difference between x <- 1 and x < -1?