[Bluej-discuss] bluej-discuss Digest, Vol 53, Issue 23

[Todd O'Bryan]

Why not right it in the order it gets evaluated and use an arrow?

p + 1 -> p

Actually, Hypertalk, the language for Apple's old HyperCard system used:

put p + 1 into p

Todd

On Nov 29, 2007 6:46 AM, Paul McCard <p.mccard at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>  Surely the point is to teach students clearly that assignment (whatever
> symbol is used in a particular language) means:
>
>
> Evaluate RHS
> Assign result to LHS Then p=p+1 (or preferably p:=p+1, given that the
> standard keyboard does not provide access to a printable left-arrow symbol)
> is neither confusing nor a special case to be glossed over with a shorthand
> symbol.
>
>  Paul.
>
>
>
>  Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>  Lisa Payne wrote:
>
>
>  I regularly get students who think
>
>  p = p + 1;
>
>
>  Thats why you should teach shorthand op's right away.
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