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Article #687Re: :=
From: Mark Grand
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 16:22
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 16:22
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In article <89277.090337UH2@PSUVM.BITNET>, UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes: > I vaguely remember that <-- (a one character left arrow) was included in > some early versions of ASCII, about 1970 or so. When the final definition > finally settled down, it was gone. Hence :=. Prior to 1967 the character code that is now rendered as '_' was a left arrow. There are still compilers that will recognize this as an alternative to :=.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!usc!hacgate!ashtate!markg From: markg@ashtate (Mark Grand) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: := Summary: left arrow in ascii Message-ID: <755@ashton.UUCP> Date: 5 Oct 89 16:22:15 GMT References: <1989Oct3.182931.518@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <89277.090337UH2@PSUVM.BITNET> Organization: Ashton-Tate, Torrance, CA Lines: 8