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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by jfoutz on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @04:53PM (#16805273)
also, there's no hand balance on either of the composite symbols. := is my right pinky, <- is different fingers, but bottom and top row. neither exactly flows from the fingertips.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by neaden on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @05:21PM (#16805574)
I don't think that is a big issue. Just bind it to something else. In RStudio by default <- is bound to alt and -.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by abakus on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @05:49PM (#16805839)
But that is still 2 keystrokes. That is why in R they came to the compromise to use both <- and =.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by ryanmonroe on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @06:03PM (#16805955)
Well, it also adds a space before and after so you're saving one keystroke vs space = space
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