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kps • yesterday at 1:27 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

Yeah, Unicode shipped 35 years ago. If you want a ≠ then use a ≠.


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rob74 • yesterday at 2:35 PM

Then you just need a programming language that accepts ≠ as a synonym of !=. But who knows, maybe there is already one?

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F3nd0 • yesterday at 5:13 PM

I wish more languages other than Raku did this. But no, not equal is written as surprised equal. And if something ought to be less or equal, you have to write a fat arrow pointing left. :/

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eviks • yesterday at 5:18 PM

But languages are made by older or less progressive people, so of course you can't use ≠ Unicode in your language enforcing ascii