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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by paulddraper on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @04:40PM (#16805108)
By that logic,

    a <= 1
Should set a to the minimum of a and 1. I.e. after that statement the variable will indeed be less than or equal to the RHS.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by slededit on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @04:41PM (#16805133)
Languages borrowing the syntax don't need to follow its logical consistency. I just thought it was an interesting anecdote.
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