[Edu-sig] Setting a variable's value

[John Zelle]

On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:19, you wrote:

<<snip>>

We're straying a bit from the original thread here, but I couldn't resist this 
comment.

> Ergo my point:  I don't look to mathematicians to tell me how to write
> math, but to computer scientists such as Kenneth Iverson.  Although
> sure, I'll take suggestions from math PhD peanut gallery.
>

I believe Iverson used = to mean equals (as God intended it) and used <- (an 
arrow) to mean assignment. He knew enough not to mess with a perfectly good 
existing notation :-).


--John 

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