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cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
And I'm going to tell you why. A lot of users have recently started using inequalities in their post. For instance, "Being a member of TL does NOT make you a good SC player." Notice the not in saying that the field on the left and the field on the right are unequal. Now, I continualy see people using two equal signs and a forward slash to represent not equal. That is ugly and wrong and if you do it then you are lame. Use "!=" to represent not equal. Have a Good Day! -Cg    | ||
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
if (1 =/= 2) { } error: expected primary-expression before "/=" token if (1 != 2) { } build successful i support this | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
n_n; teehee | ||
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
this post = 5 stars edit:dammit ninja'd | ||
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selboN
United States2523 Posts
I've never seen != used before and it looks awkward... | ||
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Strayline
United States330 Posts
You would never say like if(teamliquid.contains(member)) { assert(member == good) } because that would be a terrible equality operator to write. The member object would never be equal to the good object. It would really be like: assert(isGoodPlayer(member)); == is really direct equality not "this predicate applies to this object" | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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BlasiuS
United States2405 Posts
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Jawa~
United States291 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.paikia.com/images/who%20gives%20a%20fuck_01.jpg) User was warned for this post. | ||
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
pfft | ||
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
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Hittegods
Stockholm4641 Posts
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Chromyne
Canada561 Posts
On October 22 2009 01:54 cgrinker wrote: And I'm going to tell you why. A lot of users have recently started using inequalities in their post. For instance, "Being a member of TL does NOT make you a good SC player." Notice the not in saying that the field on the left and the field on the right are unequal. Now, I continualy see people using two equal signs and a forward slash to represent not equal. That is ugly and wrong and if you do it then you are lame. Use "!=" to represent not equal. Have a Good Day! -Cg You never explained why it's wrong. You just gave a subjective opinion (that it's ugly). Unless the admins reinforce it, I don't see why this is wrong. This is a gaming forum not a programming forum. | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On October 22 2009 02:23 Chromyne wrote: You never explained why it's wrong. You just gave a subjective opinion (that it's ugly). Unless the admins reinforce it, I don't see why this is wrong. This is a gaming forum not a programming forum. I think that it's pretty clear that it's an opinion - I think that everyone would agree that as long as you are understandable when you make your argument, that it doesn't matter for clarity's sake. subjective opinions are allowed...and not enforced. this almost follows the guide for trolling though xD | ||
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
On October 22 2009 02:20 Hittegods wrote: What's wrong with ≠? you have to go to charmap to use it lOL | ||
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tirentu
Canada1257 Posts
Though seriously, =/= bugs me too. If you can't make a strike through a single =, then use !=, the rational alternative. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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vx70GTOJudgexv
United States3161 Posts
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tarpman
Canada719 Posts
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Itachii
Poland12466 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
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Kaniol
Poland5551 Posts
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...) | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
That's why =/= is okay. Because some people are just stupid. | ||
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Dasher
United States71 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
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 =/= | ||
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Adeny
Norway1233 Posts
On October 22 2009 03:57 Dasher wrote: would know what it =ed. This sentence would mean if "it" can be set to "ed", clearly you must mean ==ed. | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
So from now on I'll be using this: =\= | ||
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iSiN
United States1075 Posts
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 ==  | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
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MasterReY
Germany2708 Posts
"Being a member of TL does NOT make you a good SC player." | ||
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Chuiu
3470 Posts
On October 22 2009 02:20 Hittegods wrote: What's wrong with ≠? There is no alt # for it outside of Microsoft Word. | ||
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Wohmfg
United Kingdom1292 Posts
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Symmetry
Canada294 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On October 22 2009 02:17 JeeJee wrote: why don't you use <> while you're at it too pfft fuck yes~ | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
~= okay? | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 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 == Don't diss C++. | ||
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seppolevne
Canada1681 Posts
On October 22 2009 05:55 freelander wrote: I prefer Lua ~= okay? I learned it that way as well, but I always read it as "sorta equals" because I'm so used to using the "~" as "around, approx". | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On October 22 2009 07:03 seppolevne wrote: I learned it that way as well, but I always read it as "sorta equals" because I'm so used to using the "~" as "around, approx". I started with cpp though | ||
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b3h47pte
United States1317 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 == 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 := | ||
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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 != | ||
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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) | ||
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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 States5724 Posts
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tarpman
Canada719 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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