Re: [Tutor] evolutionary drift

2018-11-21 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 21/11/2018 03:05, Avi Gross wrote: > <> is not currently used as a matched set as it has many other uses like in > comparisons.> Some languages even use <> as the same as != or ~= to mean not > equals. Indeed, Python used to do the same but it was removed in, I think, v2. > A simple teachin

[Tutor] evolutionary drift

2018-11-21 Thread Avi Gross
Steve, You may be right. It often happens that someone has a (small) idea, perhaps very focused, and others chime in and try to apply it more widely, perhaps by making it more general, and it grows. Over the years, the earlier adopters may be seen almost as co-creators or even become the lead i