Post #3491722
2026-06-30 14:29 UTC
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz notably, Smalltalk also uses _ as ← for assignment.
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@nxskok@cupoftea.social 2026-06-30 14:36
@leah@blahaj.social @mjd@mathstodon.xyz R still uses <- for assignment; back when I was using Emacs Speaks Statistics, you could use _ and <- would appear on the screen. These days, _ is used as a separator in variable names (as in, my_data) in the same way that . used to be.