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Re:A History of Lua (2001) by edflsafoiewq on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:07AM (#32409431)
> Assigning operators

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Re:A History of Lua (2001) by Benjamin_Dobell on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:13AM (#32409469)
Ah, thanks for the clarification. It does indeed lack those. I tend to call those short-hand operators since I guess technically `=` is an assigning operator.

Personally, I don't have a strong opinion on their omission, however I know some prefer the simplicity.