At the almost certain risk of being jumped on by many (or worse yet,
starting a long and unproductive debate), I ask why a syntax is
considered desirable in which
x>-1
is a logical expression for a comparison and
x<-1
reassigns the value of x ?
I understand that C programmers are irritated by the use of the underscore,
which they typically see as part of a variable name rather than an operator.
On the other hand, in almost 15 years of using S I have not reconciled myself
to the use of the <- as a kluge for the unfortunate (?) loss of the arrow
symbol on the old APL keyboard.
Alan Zaslavsky
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