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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:22:23 -0500
From: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
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On 03/25/12 10:16, Kiuhnm wrote:
> On 3/25/2012 15:48, Tim Chase wrote:
>> The old curmudgeon in me likes the Pascal method of using "=" for
>> equality-testing, and ":=" for assignment which feels a little closer to
>> mathematical use of "=".
>
> Unfortunately, ":=" means "is defined as" in mathematics. The "right"
> operator would have been "<-".

Yeah, while I like the "<-" better too, I'm not *quite* old 
enough to have influenced Wirth in his design decisions ;-)

-tkc