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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
- Subject: Re: Improvements on C++?
- Message-ID: <9234803.8057@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 16:15:05 GMT
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- maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller) writes:
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- >darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
- >>
- >>You can still do this without sacrificing speed and in fact enhance clarity:
- >>
- >> while ((p = get()) != 0) {...}
- >
- > The five extra characters make this clearer?
-
- Yes.
-
- They remind those of us who know 20 other languages where '=' means
- equality, that in C '=' means assignment.
-
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