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Densun
Densun
In my Computer Science class last quarter and this quarter, people (including the professor) refer to the "=" operator as the "gets" character, as in "x gets 46." I prefer to just say "equals", but I guess "gets" reminds people not to confuse it with "==". I just refer to the "==" operator by saying "is equal to." What do you guys prefer?
Paradigm Shift 2000
Paradigm Shift 2000
x = 42;

x equals 42.

That''s just the way i think of it, particularly in algebra where this kind of terminology is vital to the abstraction of the algebraic process.

if x == 42

if x is equal to 42.

I look at == as just a specified version of <= and >= which are used in algebraic inequalities.

I don''t know. Maybe "x gets 42" is just a simpler way for students who aren''t mathematically oriented to understand a concept for something which they have no basis.

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23yrold3yrold
23yrold3yrold
I prefer "x is assigned 42". I''ve been working on a C++ tutorial, and I find a lot of newbies have trouble understanding why, in if(x == 42), the =''s are doubles up. Why not just one?

So I tend to refer to = as the assignment operator and == as the comparison operator. Easier to understand.
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Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell
I thought it was pritty funny the first time I saw VB that it used "=" on both occasions

But then again, who uses VB *ahem*nes8bit*ahem*

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Gaiiden
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Hey! VB is da bomb! *ducks verbal assault*

I went from VB to C++ and for a while the = and == operands messed me up so bad cause I kept forgetting to do the == in if statements! AAAGH!

And btw the prof is weird it''s "equals" and "is equal to", tally another for those.

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Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell
heh

Line delminators (sp?), Seperate set and comparison opperators for equals, argument brackety thinggies, etc

C++ is smooth


BTW, I forgot in my last post so put me down for "equals" and "is equal to".

gets just sounds stupid.
Symphonic
Symphonic
I''ve experienced three Comp professors, and their choices are as follows:

Anal: "x gets 45"
Air headed: "you put the value of 45 into the memory address that is the integer x."
Comp Architecture prof.: "Set your cache buffer value to 101101, then assign your arguement pointer to the address of your variable in memory, then send the cache buffer value to the pointer address."

My conclusions?

x = 3: "x equals 3"
if (x == 3): "if x is equal to 3"


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Geordi
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WayfarerX
WayfarerX
quote:

I thought it was pritty funny the first time I saw VB that it used "=" on both occasions


At my work I mostly have to switch between coding Java servlets and ASP pages in VBScript. Man, I won''t even say how many times I''ve put ''=='' in an ASP page and ''='' in a servlet (not to mention I continually catch myself putting a '';'' at the end of my VBScript lines).

As for the origional poster, I say equals; in fact I''ve never heard anyone call it "gets".

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Mithrandir
Mithrandir
I prefer Eubonicode''s semantics:

  
sup
{
  gimme fibo bitch
  a be 1 bitch
  b be 1 bitch
  putou a bitch
  putou b bitch
  fibo be fibo widout 2 bitch
  slongas (fibo bepimpin 0)
    c be a an b bitch
    a be b bitch
    b be c bitch
    putou b bitch
    dissin fibo bitch
  nomo
}


on line 4, for example, a is set to 1.

a be 1 bitch.

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Symphonic
Symphonic
lol!
Geordi
George D. Filiotis
nes8bit
nes8bit
quote:
Original post by Andrew Russell
I thought it was pritty funny the first time I saw VB that it used "=" on both occasions

But then again, who uses VB *ahem*nes8bit*ahem*

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jwalker
jwalker
why not use formal terminology.

''=''
operator equals

''==''
operator comparator equals

....

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Paradigm Shift 2000
Paradigm Shift 2000
ROFL Mithrandir. DAMN that''s funny. :D

Shoot, I fell off my chair laughing so hard.

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Blue_H
Blue_H
How do you say:

bool equals = true;
equals = (equals && ("equals" == "ekwals")

?
Beer Hunter
Beer Hunter
We see x = 23, and we know what it does. Why spell it out to ourselves? I don''t even try to translate it to english when I''m reading it.

But if I was dictating code to someone, I''d use "equals" and "is equal to".
Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell
quote:
Original post by nes8bit

son of a...

Hi nessy! long time no see get on TA, you f00



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