Hence 'tend to' ;0).To be honest, Lojban is a very attractive language for someone familiar with programming, at least from my point of view, due to its logical rules and construction. The syntax is very absolute, and there is minimal interpretation of intended meaning compared to 'natural' languages. It's very hard to misunderstand a properly constructed statement in Lojban, as opposed to the vast amount of ambiguity in english, for instance. /ramble-----Original Message-----Not all of us do. I'm only barely following this discussion.
From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org]On Behalf Of Sara Brand
Sent: 02 September 2009 13:18
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: klingon swears
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Michael Eaton <michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk> wrote:
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 swearsOn 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)
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