From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Sep 02 04:45:22 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MioHB-000381-ES for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:21 -0700 Received: from mail-yx0-f177.google.com ([209.85.210.177]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MioH7-000352-Ny for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:21 -0700 Received: by yxe7 with SMTP id 7so954186yxe.25 for ; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XXDIOYGfFKpVrsD4RFXmijOYdxmEhbX2WC32RxZPKnY=; b=uiXv9rnxnIjGsLnwVWZYTps9qDP1M0085HPssy0jEsK7wQUu3TRU1StxzBBzj8y5Vb 3zG1DyeEVMstyX+QqfYHZYMPn+noa966IgZ4bNo6/TKS7clqAZ/z5laMvJnaw/nGqUHk 3Epiurf6++kCo2I8GWyjzI89ePgUYayTRWU1s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=R8ocNyzGAifHugU9zaLI8z38ZI/Pj2QY+x8MuZUj9PHNXXCgRPGLTpxjDI6qE7T899 cxZha4l1LVKmCfkSJ7Cua1lYfxJ8wFiGKncfeYL1ZVpWAlvEr7gwe+zd9opm86rfdTuT Q42hvEk6hQcCJjV1aUmsfj0epKR2+6x8iOtio= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.25.21 with SMTP id c21mr13782781ybj.31.1251891911454; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9DE5DB0988ED6C448E606734F5030D381BED82CF@bbcmbmx01.blackpool.gov.uk> References: <9DE5DB0988ED6C448E606734F5030D381BED82CF@bbcmbmx01.blackpool.gov.uk> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:45:11 -0400 Message-ID: <96f789a60909020445j96c208ek2c6899a623d8a998@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: klingon swears From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-archive-position: 2170 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mturniansky@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Michael Eaton wrote: > Also applies in SQL, where I use it most. To my knowledge, <> is the more 'common' cousin to != > > > <> meaning 'not equals' has been around at least since 1983 > (Locomotive BASIC and IIRC all popular BASICs written after then) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_equal >> >> In AutoIT "<>" is used to mean what "!=" means in java/c/etc... >> >> I could be wrong but I believe the same is true of InstallScript >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequation >> >> I think I've also seen "~" (tilde) and a NOT sign (small sideways "L") used >> before "=" to make it mean "not equal to". I suppose I could chime in that in MUMPS, the not equal operation is '=, but I won't. (But then again, all statements I make are a lie) --gejyspa