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| From | bart <bc@freeuk.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: c needs this sign |
| Date | 2026-09-08 11:14 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <117on5c$2qpg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <117mfle$3aage$1@dont-email.me> <XnsB4C09C349E5C2hueydlltampabayrrcom@157.180.91.226> <117ng9q$2236i$2@dont-email.me> <117om5f$2eem$1@dont-email.me> |
On 08/09/2026 10:56, fir wrote: > Janis Papanagnou pisze: >> On 2026-09-07 21:21, David LaRue wrote: >>> fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> wrote in news:117mfle$3aage$1@dont- >>> email.me: >>> >>>> im not sure if in usenet message i am able to draw it but maybe put it >>>> in some editor that has font where chars are same size >>>> >>>> ................. >>>> ................. >>>> ................. >>>> ..*************.. >>>> ..*************.. >>>> ................. >>>> ................. >>>> ..*************.. >>>> ..*************.. >>>> ..**............. >>>> ..**............. >>>> ................. >>>> >>>> >>>> it is like = but with some small line, suggestin it is for assign >>>> not for >>>> equality,,, asci dont have it more worse im not sure if even unicode >>>> has >>>> it and this is shocking >> >> I'm lacking context why you need that, for what you need that, what it >> is supposed to mean - differentiate assignment from equality; is that >> what you tried to express? - and why it's non-existence is "shocking". >> > > > i make some deductions about C (im not sure if i can it deduction here > but it is thinking with yeald to quite grounded conclusions (i find it > almost scientific - in some way) > > some time ago (not even so long it was probably like i was lats time > visiting this group) i concluded that if(a==3) is wrong and it seems > one and only proper way here is if(a=3) it means = may be for > comparison, not for assigment It IS wrong in my view, but the fact is that most languages now use '=' for assignment, and those using C-like syntax use '==' for equality. C is obviously never going to change, but some languages do still use '=' for equality, and for assignment they might use any of: := <- -> = (when assignments are not allowed in expression) A few might use a quite different syntax (eg. Lisp or COBOL). Using an obscure, hard to see and hard to type symbol like ⥫ is not practical. (I use '=' for equality, ':=' for runtime assignment, but I also use '=' for compile-time assignments and identities, since there is no ambiguity.) Of course this might all be irrelevant in a couple more years when everyone uses tools to write code for them.
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c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 15:53 +0200
Re: c needs this sign David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> - 2026-09-07 19:21 +0000
Re: c needs this sign Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-08 01:10 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2026-09-07 23:13 +0000
Re: c needs this sign Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-07 17:26 -0600
Re: c needs this sign David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-08 10:40 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 10:49 +0200
Re: c needs this sign David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 13:21 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 13:33 +0200
Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 21:37 +0200
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 09:01 +0200
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-10 23:13 +0200
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 14:54 -0700
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-10 22:17 +0000
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:48 -0700
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-11 10:51 +0100
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-11 12:49 +0200
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-11 16:28 +0000
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-11 02:03 +0200
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 17:13 -0700
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-11 02:24 +0200
Re: Support of Unicode characters in various places (was Re: c needs this sign) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-11 09:42 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 23:59 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 00:04 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 00:16 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 00:30 +0200
Re: c needs this sign bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 23:44 +0100
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 00:55 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 01:09 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 01:21 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 01:36 +0200
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 01:45 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-15 07:23 +0000
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 11:56 +0200
Re: c needs this sign bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-08 11:14 +0100
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 12:28 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 03:54 -0700
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 13:13 +0200
= vs. == (again!) (Was: c needs this sign) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-09-08 14:39 +0000
Re: = vs. == (again!) (Was: c needs this sign) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-10-14 23:36 -0700
Re: c needs this sign Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 11:13 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-09 00:29 +0000
Re: c needs this sign "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 13:42 -0700
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 15:12 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-08 03:33 +0000
Re: c needs this sign fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 12:02 +0200
Re: c needs this sign Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-09 00:27 +0000
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