[Python-Dev] Re: cmp(x,x)
Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Fri May 21 15:50:21 EDT 2004
On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 16:07, Fred Drake wrote:
> No, no, no. "<>" is a misapplication of pointy brackets. Note that there's
> nothing in the middle; what's the point of bracketing if there's nothing to
> bracket?
>
> The inequality operator should be spelled "!=", mostly so it's not confused
> with the structured-bracketing operation.
Okay, Fred's out. He gets to rewrite the Windows installer in XML.
most-people-are-wrong-ly y'rs,
-Barry
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