English Dictionary: equals | by the DICT Development Group |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
equals Common names: {ITU-T}: equals; gets; takes. Rare: quadrathorpe; {INTERCAL}: half-mesh. Equals is used in many languages as the {assignment} operator though earlier languages used ":=" ("becomes equal to") to avoid upsetting mathematicians with statements such as "x = x+1". It is also used in compounds such as "<=", ">=", "==", "/=", "!=" for various comparison operators and in {C}'s "+=", "*=" etc. which mimic the {primitive} operations of {two-address code}. (1995-03-29) |