How do you compare things "that do not have ordinality"? Something either comes before, after, or is the same, no?
Fred On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 13, 2011, at 2:47 PM, James E Harvey wrote: > > > Just curious if there is some reason to choose one of the not equal to > > operator over another. > > > > <>, #, != > > > '#' is Fox-specific; I don't know many other languages that support > that. > > '<>' literally means "less than or greater than". While that may be > correct when comparing numbers, it seems silly when comparing things that do > not have ordinality. > > '!=' is unambiguous, and works in most languages. There really is no > downside to this choice. > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
