what does := means simply?

[Rhodri James]

On 18/05/18 02:45, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> To successful port anything but the most trivial code, you actually have
> to understand *both* languages -- including the syntax, semantics, built-
> in language features, AND libraries.

A point that was once made to me about translating human languages is 
that to do it well, you need to understand both languages *and both 
cultures.*  The same principle probably applies to computer languages as 
well; how often have we collectively complained about people trying to 
write (say) FORTRAN in Python?

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd