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Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
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Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements


  • Subject: Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
  • From: Jim Rankin <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:53:16 -0400

On May 21, 2004, at 7:33 PM, David Blanton wrote:

> I think that anyone who make the = when it should be == error more
> than once
> should reconsider their position. McDonalds has pictographs on their
> keyboards to prevent this kind of error. :-|

Wow! I never realized those cash register operators were typing C
expressions when they took my order! I have a new found respect for
the quality of McDonald's employee training program.

Maybe if we all started using McDonald's cash registers for keyboards,
we could avoid the =, == mixup, too.

-jimbo

Excelsior! XML Marshaller for Cocoa
http://www.homepage.mac.com/jimbokun/Excelsior.html
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