Hi, Anton Shepelev!   
   I read your message from 18.12.2018 11:55   
      
    AK>> Actually C++ has a big two symbols operator group: ==,!=, +=, &=,   
    AK>> ^=, |= etc We can write:   
    AK>> If(a == b && b!= c) a = c;   
      
    AS> It plain C.   
      
   C has already died. It is too obsolete to be in use. C++ has replaced it.   
      
    AS> But the equality and assignment confusion is easily amended with   
    AS> the mathematical assignment operator: = that is also beautifully   
    AS> parallel with the compund operators:   
      
    AS>    a := b;   
    AS>    a += b;   
    AS>    a *= b;   
      
   The matter IMHO is that the assignment operator "=" is the most frequent   
   operator in C++. So it is was a sound idea to make it so short.   
   Besides, ":=b" looks like a fidonet smiley with the tongue out of the mouth.   
   :=b   
      
   Bye, Anton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2018   
      
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