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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by Izkata on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:16AM (#16807989)
The Rebol family of languages works like that.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by 9214 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @02:26AM (#16808539)
Except that it doesn't. ":" in "x:" is not an assignment operator and "x" is not a variable.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by Izkata on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @08:09AM (#16810275)
Yes yes, it's a set-word! type in the "do" dialect. That's not how it's learned when first starting, though, and not usually the thing you're thinking about when using it moment-to-moment.
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