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Re: error message I don understand [message #174906 is a reply to message #174904] Sun, 17 July 2011 16:26 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On 7/17/2011 10:50 AM, August Karlstrom wrote:
> On 2011-07-17 15:03, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 7/17/2011 8:55 AM, August Karlstrom wrote:
>>> It is a very easy mistake to do if you are used to saner programming
>>> languages in which `=' has the standard mathematical meaning (this
>>> symbol has been used in mathematics to denote equality for some 500
>>> years).
>>>
>>> August
>>>
>>
>> This isn't mathematics - it is programming, as people have told you
>> before. If you want mathematics, get a chalkboard.
>
> Don't be silly. There are several programming languages in which `='
> denote (surprise) equality.
>
>> Please tell me in mathematics what the '*' sign means. Or '^'? Maybe
>> '||'?
>
> You do not seem get my point. It is the practice of redefining the
> meaning of a well known symbol (=) where the original concept (equality)
> is still needed and therefor denoted by a different token (==) that I
> find a really bad idea.
>
> August
>

Sure I get your point. And in many computer languages, '=' is an
assignment operator. I first learned this back in the 60's when I was
using FORTRAN. It has been that way for a long time, and many more
languages use '=' for assignment than not.

But you completely missed my point. This is not mathematics. This is
programming. You don't like the language syntax? You are free to
create your own language.

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