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Why Does “=” Mean Assignment?
Take the following code: a = 1 a = a + 1 print(a) A common FP critique of imperative programming goes like this: “How can a = a + 1? That’s like saying 1 = 2. Mutable assignment makes no sense.” This is a notation mismatch: “equals” should mean “equality”, when it really means “assign”. I agree with this criticism and…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Apr 10, 2018 | Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by panic | 674 | 354 |
