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"Faux_Pseudo" <Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL> wrote in message
news:slrnb173q5.7k.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a...
> _.--- JJ spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._
> >> (( ${Faux_Pseudo}${BAD} != 0 ))
> >
> > Ehm...  I'm not familiar with that syntax.  What language, if any?
>
> Nothing but a little  prettied up Bash shell.
>
> Instead of using a
>
> if [[ $X == $Y ]] ; then
>    echo equal
> else
>    echo not equal
> fi
>
> we can use
>
> (( $X == $Y )) && echo equal || not equal
>
> Much less cluttered.
>
> And the ${X} is the same thing as $X but any time you do a $X$Y thing
> it is always better to do it as ${X}${Y} to help they eye figure out
> where one ends another begins.
>

I've never heard of that before, but everyone I know uses Windows...  I'm assuming that's
not...  :D

Thanks for clearing that up, though!  One more step on my way to haxordom!

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