equals
<character> "=", ASCII character 61.
Common names: ITU-T: equals; gets; takes. Rare: quadrathorpe; INTERCAL:
half-mesh.
Equals is used in many languages as the assignment operator though earlier
languages used ":=" ("becomes equal to") to avoid upsetting mathematicians with
statements such as "x = x+1". It is also used in compounds such as "<=", ">=",
"==", "/=", "!=" for various comparison operators and in C's "+=", "*=" etc.
which mimic the primitive operations of two-address code.
(1995-03-29)
Nearby terms:
EQLOG « EQLog « Eqn « equals » equational
logic » Equel » equivalence class
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