When do you use "if ( a = b )"? (was Re: Funny mistake)

[Richard Tobin]

In article <1991Mar21.213027.24314 at mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> d9erikb at dtek.chalmers.se (Erik Bergersjo) writes:
>Besides, I think "if(a = b)" is more readable. It's clearly one of those
>extra features / pecularities that make C the special language it is!

It's hardly a peculiarity of C.  It's just part of C's rather limited
attempt to be an expression language.

-- Richard
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