In message <mailman.2714.1246910113.8015.python-l...@python.org>, Terry Reedy wrote:
> ... it is C, not Python, that is out of step with standard usage in math > and most languages ... And it is C that introduced "==" for equality, versus "=" for assignment, which Python slavishly followed instead of keeping "=" with its mathematical meaning and using ":=" for assignment. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
