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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
October 21 2009 23:45 GMT
#41
I generally don't like it when people use math symbols in normal sentences. There's no reason to write everything short hand, TL posts aren't your lecture notes...
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Faronel
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States658 Posts
October 22 2009 01:14 GMT
#42
On October 22 2009 08:45 Chef wrote:
I generally don't like it when people use math symbols in normal sentences. There's no reason to write everything short hand, TL posts aren't your lecture notes...

Totally agree... but I get a feeling of awesomeness every time i recognize !=
C'est la vie...
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21248 Posts
October 22 2009 01:49 GMT
#43
On October 22 2009 05:43 Symmetry wrote:
/= and <> should also be considered acceptable ;o


/= reminds me too much of a smiley like =\.

<> is probably even less obvious in its meaning than !=.
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JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
October 22 2009 02:05 GMT
#44
On October 22 2009 10:49 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 05:43 Symmetry wrote:
/= and <> should also be considered acceptable ;o


/= reminds me too much of a smiley like =\.

<> is probably even less obvious in its meaning than !=.


yeah but the whole point is that the OP attaches random value to programming based inequality syntax, of which /= and <> are just as appropriate as !=. in other words they're both just as bad as using != when you're trying to reach the general public (i.e. TL) (although for me != or <> is just habit now really.. i never do =/= i think)
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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
October 22 2009 02:18 GMT
#45
On October 22 2009 08:43 b3h47pte wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 05:04 iSiN wrote:
On October 22 2009 03:25 Kaniol wrote:
OMG programmers... != is programming habit, =/= is mathematic habit. Sorry i study maths, not I.T. and thus i will keep writing =/=.
Same as i never write "Zerg == aliens", but i do "Zerg = aliens" since its mathematical way of writing.
Plus =/= is understood by every1, but != only by ppl who had some contact with programming, try writing this to "casual" people (who don't know anything about programming) - they won't understand.

</end post> (Oh crap...)



Good programming languages use = to test equality and := for assignment imo
However the vast majority of them (including all the ones I use frequently) use the stupid ==


in my opinion
Good programming languages uses == to test equality and = for assignment imo.
However a certain few (*coughcough*delphi*cough*) use the stupid = and :=


That's some FORTRAN BS right there
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
October 22 2009 02:20 GMT
#46
On October 22 2009 11:05 JeeJee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 10:49 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On October 22 2009 05:43 Symmetry wrote:
/= and <> should also be considered acceptable ;o


/= reminds me too much of a smiley like =\.

<> is probably even less obvious in its meaning than !=.


yeah but the whole point is that the OP attaches random value to programming based inequality syntax, of which /= and <> are just as appropriate as !=. in other words they're both just as bad as using != when you're trying to reach the general public (i.e. TL) (although for me != or <> is just habit now really.. i never do =/= i think)


I'm thinking that =/= is a placeholder for the not equal math symbol ≠ and != is read exactly how it is.
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
October 22 2009 03:44 GMT
#47
On October 22 2009 05:04 iSiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 03:25 Kaniol wrote:
OMG programmers... != is programming habit, =/= is mathematic habit. Sorry i study maths, not I.T. and thus i will keep writing =/=.
Same as i never write "Zerg == aliens", but i do "Zerg = aliens" since its mathematical way of writing.
Plus =/= is understood by every1, but != only by ppl who had some contact with programming, try writing this to "casual" people (who don't know anything about programming) - they won't understand.

</end post> (Oh crap...)



Good programming languages use = to test equality and := for assignment imo
However the vast majority of them (including all the ones I use frequently) use the stupid ==

Lets see here, one requires the shift key, one requires an addition key press ... yeah I would say == is better than :=.
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qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
October 22 2009 04:09 GMT
#48
=/= is like any emoticon or bit of ASCII art: it's a makeshift arrangement of common characters to represent characters that are harder to type directly. It's perfectly logical, unlike your OP.
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Mora
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada5235 Posts
October 22 2009 05:46 GMT
#49
On October 22 2009 13:09 qrs wrote:
=/= is like any emoticon or bit of ASCII art: it's a makeshift arrangement of common characters to represent characters that are harder to type directly. It's perfectly logical, unlike your OP.


honestly. you socially inept retards who use != are retarded.
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H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
October 22 2009 05:55 GMT
#50
On October 22 2009 14:46 Mora wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 13:09 qrs wrote:
=/= is like any emoticon or bit of ASCII art: it's a makeshift arrangement of common characters to represent characters that are harder to type directly. It's perfectly logical, unlike your OP.


honestly. you socially inept retards who use != are retarded.


this was basically what I was going to say but it was going to be cruder.
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Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
October 22 2009 06:38 GMT
#51
On October 22 2009 04:08 EtherealDeath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 03:25 Kaniol wrote:
OMG programmers... != is programming habit, =/= is mathematic habit. Sorry i study maths, not I.T. and thus i will keep writing =/=.
Same as i never write "Zerg == aliens", but i do "Zerg = aliens" since its mathematical way of writing.
Plus =/= is understood by every1, but != only by ppl who had some contact with programming, try writing this to "casual" people (who don't know anything about programming) - they won't understand.

</end post> (Oh crap...)


In that case you should be doing ≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠

not =/=

And once again, if i'm not programmer and my keybord DOESN'T HAVE ≠ button? But it does have = and /, hence i can make =/=
JohannesH
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1364 Posts
October 22 2009 12:18 GMT
#52
5!=120
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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
October 22 2009 13:27 GMT
#53
im gonna keep using =/= because i want to.
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tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada723 Posts
October 27 2009 05:12 GMT
#54
On October 22 2009 15:38 Kaniol wrote:
And once again, if i'm not programmer and my keybord DOESN'T HAVE ≠ button? But it does have = and /, hence i can make =/=

that's why he posted a whole bunch up there. so whenever you need one you can just get it from there
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raiame
Profile Joined December 2007
United States421 Posts
October 27 2009 06:24 GMT
#55
On October 22 2009 21:18 JohannesH wrote:
5!=120

1!=1
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
October 27 2009 07:02 GMT
#56
On October 22 2009 08:45 Chef wrote:
I generally don't like it when people use math symbols in normal sentences. There's no reason to write everything short hand, TL posts aren't your lecture notes...


You have about a trillion pet peeves and complaints about everything
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
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