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Short version: Some programming languages use the same symbols and notation to mean something different that algebra. Chances are you will get confused if you
by jorgeleo 14y ago
Short version:
Some programming languages use the same symbols and notation to mean something different that algebra. Chances are you will get confused if you come from an algebraic background. I Reached to this conclusion based on a single data point: a friend of mine.
Problems like this was what Niklaus Wirth was trying to solve when creating Pascal. The assignment symbol in pascal is :=
Or maybe she would have been better begging with assembly (if I remember my 6502 correctly):
.macro a $300
.macro b $302
LDA a
STA b
The assignment clearly looks different than algebra.