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kortex 4 days ago

That ship has long sailed. ALGOL 1958 used := and Pascal popularized it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignment_(computer_science...

fatih-erikli-cg 4 days ago | parent [-]

I think they scan the code by two characters because one is not enough for <= and => so what is why assignment is := or =:. Probably + is ++ too.