Curious assignment behaviour

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk qrczak at knm.org.pl
Fri Oct 19 07:26:22 EDT 2001


Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:59:43 +0200, Nomad <nomad***@***freemail.absa.co.za> pisze:

> I'm probably over my head (and more than likely rambling as well),
> but in "let x = y" doesn't the 'let' denote that the value of 'x'
> will be changed?

It depends on the language. There are languages where 'let x = y'
introduces the name x, defined as y, and its value can't change.

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