15 Apr
2007
15 Apr
'07
12:39 a.m.
On 14 Apr 2007 at 14:32, Fred Cisin wrote:
So, apparently it is parsing it as x = (Y==7);
An alternative to LET is to have different symbols for assignment v
comparison. == , .EQ. etc
Being an old FORTRAN hacker, I have a weakness for .EQ. .NE. .GT.
.GE. .LT. .LE. No special characters; no digraphs to remember--and
no confusion with the assignment operator. Same for .OR. .AND.
.NOT. Some FORTRANs doubled the application of the latter for binary
arithmetic and added .XOR., .SHL. and .SHR. (shift left, shift
right).
There's something to be said for small character sets.
Cheers,
Chuck