lol :D
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Norbert Hartl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Am 26.06.2014 um 12:46 schrieb Nicolas Cellier < > [email protected]>: > > $! is not classified as a binary character right now, is it? > Of course it's possible but I'd just say why this particular symbol? > It does not look mathematical either. Or do you love C/C++ so much? > > Note that ~= has same meaning in Matlab. > > There are other possibilities like /= or <> (Fortran 95, ADA), even the > long form =/=. > > But frankly, I don't buy this kind of change, for the sake of looking like > some {} language, making such a deep change is overkill. > > In any case, a big -1 for != > > > +1 ... hmmm err... I mean -1...hmmm ok +1 for the -1. Ok, I guess I suck > at math. > > Norbert > > > 2014-06-26 10:47 GMT+02:00 Max Leske <[email protected]>: > >> >> On 26.06.2014, at 10:15, Christophe Demarey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I would like to make a suggestion that may lead to a long debate but >> let's go: What do you think about deprecating ~= and replace it with != for >> example? >> > Why? In mathematics the symbol ~ is used for equivalence. To me (and I >> think any newcomer to Smalltalk) the first guess of the meaning of ~= is >> equivalent to => missed. The meaning is totally different: "Answer whether >> the receiver and the argument do not represent the same object.” >> >> +1 >> But then I also want to suggest #!== for negating identity. >> >> > >> > I never used this method because it is too confusing for me. I prefer >> to use (a = b) not or (a = b) ifFalse:. >> > So, the discussion is open ... >> > >> > Christophe >> >> >> >
