| From: | Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Postgresql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: make == as = ? |
| Date: | 2004-04-07 15:34:42 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.58.0404071728510.31282@sablons.cri.ensmp.fr |
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> There is a special display in my imaginary hall of fame of bad design
> decisions for the use of = and == in C and its blind adoption by C++,
> Java, Perl, etc, along with the associated use of "expr ;" as a statement.
>
> That's my view ;-)
Well, I agree with yout view about the C language design.
But now is too late;-)
My point is more practical: my students know one syntax, I don't have a
lot of hours for the course, most of them won't be software developers but
rather software users, so if I can do more interesting things it is not
bad.
--
Fabien Coelho - coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr
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