Chris Barker - NOAA Federal chris.barker at noaa.gov
Fri Apr 20 11:07:22 EDT 2018

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> Personally, I even slightly prefer
>
> a := 3
>
> to the commonplace
>
> a = 3
> because it visually expresses the asymmetry of the operation.

Careful here! That’s a fine argument for using := in a new language,
but people using := when they don’t need an expression because they
like the symbol better is a reason NOT to do this.

And yes, normally aspirated Pascal WAS my first programming language. :-)

-CHB

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