Does '!=' equivelent to 'is not'

Derek Martin code at pizzashack.org
Tue Jun 17 08:09:41 EDT 2008


On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 04:33:03AM -0300, Gabriel Genellina wrote:
> > Basically 'a is b' and 'not(a is b)' is similar to 'id(a) == id(b)'
> > and 'not(id(a) == id(b))'
> 
> No.

Sure it is... he said "similar"... not identical.  They are not the
same, but they are similar.  

Saying a flat "no" alone, without qualifying your statement is
generally interpreted as rude in English...  It's kind of like how you
talk to children when they're too young to understand the explanation.
Yucky.

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Derek D. Martin
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