way, way, muchly off: der schtory of "<>"

Andrew A. Apold mordru at FLITE.NET
Wed Jul 28 13:53:09 EDT 1999


>In a message dated 7/28/99 12:50:43 PM, Guy.Thomas at LONDON.ENTOIL.COM writes:
>
><<PS:  what the hell does "<>" mean?

In some computer languages, it means "not equal to".  As in
"less than or greater than", so you get the full range except
equal to.

Being a C man myself, I prefer to say != , but there are some
that use it.  Heck, some languages permit both.

"I was corrupt before I had power!" - Random
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