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		lmm on June 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Early vs. Beginning Coders This is one case where I wish Pascal had won. := for assignment, = for comparison.

vezzy-fnord on June 17, 2015 | [–]

Dates back to one of the ALGOL dialects, actually.

technomancy on June 18, 2015 | [–]

Lisps have the distinction between `let` and `set!` which makes the distinction even clearer IMO.

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