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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Top 10 most common hard skills listed on resumes...
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:13:26 +0100
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 29/08/2024 13:35, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>
>>> I explained that. LHS and RHS can be identical terms for assignment in
>>> pretty much every aspect, but there are extra constraints on the LHS.
>> So you use "exactly the same" to mean "exactly the same except for the
>> differences".
>
> No, I do mean exactly the same, both in terms of syntax and (in my
> implementations, which are likely typical) internal representation of those
> terms.
>
> There are no differences other than where the type system says your code is
> invalid. So are no differences when considering only valid programs.
>
> This program in my language:
>
>      42 := 42
>
> is valid syntax.

So what?  We were talking about assignment in C.  You cut the two
previous quotes where it was clear we were talking about C.  This is not
an honest thing to do.  You are arguing for the sake if it, and in a
dishonest way too.

-- 
Ben.