Curious assignment behaviour
David C. Ullrich
ullrich at math.okstate.edu
Wed Oct 17 13:11:53 EDT 2001
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:05:49 +1300, Greg Ewing
<greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>"David C. Ullrich" wrote:
>>
>> If one argued that
>> one would have to explain why "Let 42 = x" doesn't fly.
>
>Why shouldn't it fly? It's an unconventional way of
>putting it, but it means the same thing, mathematically
>speaking.
I disagree - in a "Let this = that" statement the order
of this and that is significant.
What if you already have x = 42 and y = 24, and you
say "let x = y" ? Does that set x to 24 (yes) or
does it set y to 42?
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>Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury,
>Christchurch, New Zealand
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