Subj : rules of this echo
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Tue Dec 18 2018 12:04:02

Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 18.12.2018 11:55

 AK>> Actually C++ has a big two symbols operator group: ==,!=, +=, &=,
 AK>> ^=, |= etc We can write:
 AK>> If(a == b && b!= c) a = c;

 AS> It plain C.

C has already died. It is too obsolete to be in use. C++ has replaced it.

 AS> But the equality and assignment confusion is easily amended with
 AS> the mathematical assignment operator: = that is also beautifully
 AS> parallel with the compund operators:

 AS>    a := b;
 AS>    a += b;
 AS>    a *= b;

The matter IMHO is that the assignment operator "=" is the most frequent 
operator in C++. So it is was a sound idea to make it so short.
Besides, ":=b" looks like a fidonet smiley with the tongue out of the mouth. 
:=b

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2018

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