"!=" is bad form. Re: sorry....never mind

[Werner Schiendl]

I'm happy not to be alone there liking C and C++ for some purposes :-)

Tim Hammerquist <tim at vegeta.ath.cx> wrote in message
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> Werner Schiendl <ws-news at gmx.at> wrote:
> > > I hate '<>' because it's too much like VB (and so many other BASIC
> > > variants).
> >
> > I think there are at least the same number of programmers that hate the
> > other way because it looks to much like C.
> > Maybe we should invent some completely new operator, ending up with line
> > noise one day... :-]
>
> I realize I seem to be in the minority in this group when I say I like
> C/C++.  NB: I like them as _languages_, but would prefer NOT to do
> everyday programming in them, as they're just a pain in the ass most of
> the time.
>
> I started out programming in BASIC on the TRS-80 and remember the utter
> confusion upon seeing the '<>' operator ("It's greater than _and_ less
> than?")  I had no Pascal background.  I like C's '!=' because it just
> makes more sense to my logical, math-adept brain.
>
> I have no problem with anyone else using it, and if I saw it in
> someone's code, I would understand it.  I just prefer not to use it.
> And since I've not heard any mention of either inequality operator being
> deprecated, I have no cause to change.  ;)
>
> --
> -Tim Hammerquist <timmy at cpan.org>
>
> I don't have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem.
> -- Ashleigh Brilliant