Jeremy Kun personal blog
For mathematicians, = does not mean equality
Every now and then I hear some ridiculous things about the equals symbol. Some large subset of programmers—perhaps related to functional programmers, perhaps not—seem to think that = should only and ever mean “equality in the mathematical sense.” The argument usually goes, Functional programming gives us back that…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Apr 13, 2018 | For mathematicians, = does not mean equality by hds | 289 | 193 |