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lmm
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Early vs. Beginning Coders
This is one case where I wish Pascal had won. := for assignment, = for comparison.
vezzy-fnord
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Dates back to one of the ALGOL dialects, actually.
technomancy
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Lisps have the distinction between `let` and `set!` which makes the distinction even clearer IMO.
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