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From: malton@csri.toronto.edu (Andrew Malton)
Subject: :=
Message-ID: <1989Oct3.182931.518@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI
Date: 3 Oct 89 22:29:32 GMT

Apparently := to express the assignment operation was used faute de mieux
in Algol since the arrow <--- originally chosen for this purpose wasn't
available on teletypes. Does anyone know a reference for this story?
Or, is it folklore.

Please send email.

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Andrew Malton, U of Toronto Dept of Computer Science
malton@csri.toronto.edu