You Are All Wrong

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

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.

On October 22 2009 02:20 Hittegods wrote:
What's wrong with ≠?

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.

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On October 22 2009 03:57 Dasher wrote:
would know what it =ed.

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.

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On October 22 2009 02:20 Hittegods wrote:
What's wrong with ≠?

On October 22 2009 02:17 JeeJee wrote:
why don't you use <> while you're at it too
pfft

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 ==

On October 22 2009 05:55 freelander wrote:
I prefer Lua

~=

okay?

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".

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 ==

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...

On October 22 2009 05:43 Symmetry wrote:
/= and <> should also be considered acceptable ;o

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 !=.

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 :=

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)

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 ==

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.

On October 22 2009 14:46 Mora wrote:


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

On October 22 2009 04:08 EtherealDeath wrote:


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

not =/=

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 =/=

On October 22 2009 21:18 JohannesH wrote:
5!=120

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...