I’m all for it, but what kicked it off?

  • markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    This is not one thing you learned today come on dude just think about it for two seconds. Could there possibly by another, much more likely reason that a programming language wouldn’t use ≠? Here’s a hint- if you’re at a computer, look down at your keyboard.

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      5 hours ago

      I mean, if the point you’re trying to make is that “≠” is not available on a keyboard, =/= is.

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        32 minutes ago

        What’s your point? =/= Isn’t the “not equals to” term, it’s !=

        Just as ≥ isn’t available, so you have >= and ≈ is not on the keyboard, so we have ==

        Formal logical operators require the you to press the alt key and enter a numerical sequence on the keypad. If I had to type the logical operators with alt codes it would slow me down.