# A != b != c

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-b-c/1347>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [January 7, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-b-c/1347 "2017-01-07T15:57:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-b-c/1347/15 "2017-01-07T20:25:37Z")

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> [@DNF](#):
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> I must say that I find the current meaning of a != b != c to be exactly what I intuitively expected, and I was thoroughly confused as to what you even meant at first.

I think you’re getting at the real problem with this kind of discussion: people don’t all have the same intuitions, so debating intuitions doesn’t generally lead to any improvements in language design.

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