In article <3295 at psuvax1.psu.edu> schmidt at gondor.cs.psu.edu (David E. Schmidt) writes: >Obviously the meaning of "=" can't be changed, but why couldn't the dpANS >committee list the operator ":=" as a common extension, ... Perhaps they don't want to tell lies. Why are you guys wasting so much effort on a non-problem? If you prefer Pascal, then use it!