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In article <=L-4T-A@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>I think the best solution to this is to use ":=" for assignment and "==" for
>equality. That way there would be no problem with using the wrong one in the
>wrong context by accident.
>
Not necessary, of course; no *real* programmer would mistype something that
important.  :-)  :-)  :-)   ("What I smiley three times is false!" - not
quite Lewis Carroll.)

My big complaint with :=, though, is that I've never found a keyboard with
both ':' and '=' either both shifted or both unshifted, although I've seen
them in both other possible configurations.  There are workarounds, such as
key mapping or using '#' or something and doing a global replace, but they
aren't as portable or convenient as I'd like.  (Beats "=" and ".EQ.",
though :-)

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David Thornley