Re: How to name variables in a program?

August Karlstrom wrote:

> The `=' symbol has been used for ages (and still is)
> to denote equality. To use `=' for assignment and `==' for equality is
> just downright stupid. Moreover it's something that has to be explained
> in every introduction to a language from the C syntax family:
>
> "`x = x + y;' might seem like a strange statement, but..."

There's a world of difference between a software program and a math proof.
(Specifically, the former works closer to reality.)

Explaining that to newbs will help explain why _nothing_ obeys pure math,
not = nor + nor * nor f() nor anything else in a programming language.

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