== vs =

[George Robbins]

In article <910 at ur-tut.UUCP> broe at tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Eric Brown) writes:
> 
> If you think :: for equality would reduce development cost, why don't you:
> 
> #define ::    ==

For the same reasons one can't #define @ *    or #define # &

a) it don't work

b) many C programmers will think you're weird and say
   remarkably nasty things about your coding style...

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