On using `=` vs `:=` for assignment

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@mcmuffin6o

sacrificing familiarity for mathematical purity. Julia uses * instead of + for string concatenation

depends on what you’re familiar with… + for concentation is by no means a universal convention. it just happens to be the convention of the most popular language

I made this list some time ago

Why are there all these strange stumbling blocks in Julia?

Not really trying to pile on, but I just got curious so I compiled a list of string concatenation operators across a bunch of languages. If any of these are incorrect, blame ChatGPT Some languages (C,, Lisp-y ones) do not have infix operators for string concatenation at all. Maple uses || Mathematica and Gap use <> Agda, Idris, Erlang, Haskell, Elm, Zig all use ++ F#, OCaml use ^ Ada, Nim use & Fortran uses // Lua has .. Perl has . Smalltalk has , And of cour…