assignment operator "="

[Jack Lewis <jl7001@axe.humboldt.edu>]

I would like to mask the assignment operator "=" as the comparison
operator "==".  Or
remove it entirely.   How can this be accomplished?

(Splus 5.1 for Unix)

Jack Lewis                           Redwood Sciences Laboratory
707-825-2929 voice                   Pacific Southwest Research Station
707-825-2901 fax                     USDA Forest Service
jl7001@axe.humboldt.edu              http://www.rsl.psw.fs.fed.us
jlewis01@fs.fed.us (alternate)

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