2 May
2024
2 May
'24
2:14 p.m.
On May 1, 2024, at 6:44 PM, Wayne S via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
IMHO, “C” nomenclature really screwed up the equality vs assignment statements. The ==
made it difficult to understand especially if you came from a language that didn’t have
it. Basically all languages before “C”.
Well, sort of. Some languages confused the two by using the same token -- BASIC is a
notorious example. ALGOL, FORTRAN, C, APL, POP-2 all solve the problem by using two
different tokens; the only question is which of the two functions is marked by the
"=" token. In ALGOL , APL, and I think POP-2 it's equality, in FORTRAN and
C it's assignment. Either works but you have to remember which it is; if you use
languages of each kind then you may get confused at times. :-(
paul