This one bit me today

[Larry Breed]

In article <1989Oct12.122841.22514 at uncecs.edu> utoddl at uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) writes:
>One of my favorites
>is this:
>   if (a=b) { ...
>I used to spend about an hour per program tracking down this
>little beauty.  

Around here we use the terms "the test for present equality" (a==b)
and "the test for future equality" (a=b).   -- If they weren't before, they are now...

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