[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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