Ladies and gentlemen, I think we now have compelling evidence that purveyors of Lojban tend to have a coding background.
[mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org]On Behalf Of Michael
Turniansky
Sent: 02 September 2009 12:45
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: klingon swears
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Michael
Eaton<michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk> 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
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