On Mar 29, 12:41 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> Given that <= is a comparison operator, not an assignment, why do you
> jump to the conclusion that != is an assignment? Why don't you argue that
> "x <= y" means "assign the value of x Since you jump to an invalid
On Mar 29, 6:34 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You're forcing your argument too much, both != and <> are NOT standard
> mathematics operators -- the standard not-equal operator is >< -- and
> I can assure you that both != and <> won't be comprehensible to non-
> programmers.
What I meant was
On Mar 29, 9:48 pm, Dan Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MOST of Python's operators are based on C's. Consider, for example,
> the bitwise operators | ^ & << >> ~ and the compound assignment
> operators += -= etc.
>
> The exceptions are ** (from Fortran), //, and the logical operators.
Borrowi
