The wonders of C (=/==)

[Bopsi ChandraMouli]

In article <1401 at ut-sally.UUCP> riddle at ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) writes:
>> It seems to me that the normally-cited "save keystrokes" reason for
>> the =/== choice cannot be correct...
>
>Wasn't "==" chosen for its obvious analogy to "!=", "<=", and ">=" ?
>That's what I've always assumed, at least.

 The "obvious" analogy goes like this.   :=)
   
     <=  -- less than OR equal 
     >=  -- Greater than OR equal 
     !=  -- not OR equal   (not quite right!) 
     ==  -- equal OR equal                  
                  or more appropriately
            assign OR assign

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