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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: on changing paradigm of assign call
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 06:10:59 +0200
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On 02.09.2024 03:45, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:15:37 +0200, fir wrote:
> 
>>   int x = foo()
>>
>> annoying is especially this "=" sign as this is not quite assignment
>> imo
> 
> The original symbol as used in Algol-like languages was “:=”.

Well, for assignments that's true. But the '=' symbol has also been
used in Algol 68 as an identity operator (to define constants), and
above  int x = foo()  can be interpreted as such.

Janis

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