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[Edward Elliott]

Edward Elliott wrote:
> Edward Elliott wrote:
>> <nitpick> assignemnt is actually an expression in those languages, not a
>> statement. </nitpick>
> 
> s/statement/operator/

<shakes head>
it was probably clearer the first time, but let me rephrase:
in C/Java, assignment is neither a statement not an operator.  it is an
expression involving a certain operator.  that operator (not so)
coincidentally happens to be the assignment operator, or one of its
variants.

ah forget it, replying to your reply to yourself is probably illegal...