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theblueadept111
5497 days ago
X = X + 1 was my earliest 'aha' moment. At first it stumped me... there is absolutely no value X such that X = X + 1, so how on earth can this be a valid line of computer code? It really pissed me off.
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ysangkok
5483 days ago
And it should. The "=" is misused like this. ":=" should've become the norm...
Mathematics and programming are similar in so many regards. No reason to confuse people like this.
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Mathematics and programming are similar in so many regards. No reason to confuse people like this.