the := operator (affectation)

Peter T. Evensen pevensen at siboneylg.com
Wed Jun 22 17:04:51 EDT 2005


I find myself constantly typing "tSomeVariable = 5" and then have to go 
erase that and type "put 5 into tSomeVariable"

At 03:56 PM 6/22/2005, you wrote:
>Jon wrote:
>>
>>Dan Shafer wrote:
>>
>>>(I always found the whole ==, +=, :=, == syntax mess pretty ugly. I
>>>love the elegance of put 32 into x.)
>>
>>Elegance, verbosity.  Poe-tay-toe, poe-tah-toe...
>
>A single-token assignment operator would be a nice OPTION.  Those who 
>prefer the traditional form would never need to deal with it, while those 
>of us who are comfortable with it could use it.  I see no downside and 
>many upsides as Rev expands the range of people it might appeal to....
>
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