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Chef
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Faronel
United States658 Posts
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 != | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
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
Canada5652 Posts
On October 22 2009 10:49 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: /= 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) | ||
cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
On October 22 2009 08:43 b3h47pte wrote: 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 | ||
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cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
On October 22 2009 11:05 JeeJee wrote: 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. | ||
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Chuiu
3470 Posts
On October 22 2009 05:04 iSiN wrote: 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
United States3637 Posts
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Mora
Canada5235 Posts
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
New Zealand6138 Posts
On October 22 2009 14:46 Mora wrote: 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
Poland5551 Posts
On October 22 2009 04:08 EtherealDeath wrote: 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 =/= | ||
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JohannesH
Finland1364 Posts
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
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tarpman
Canada723 Posts
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
United States421 Posts
On October 22 2009 21:18 JohannesH wrote: 5!=120 1!=1 | ||
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Ganfei
Taiwan1439 Posts
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 | ||
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