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		valenterry on Oct 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What does code readability mean? (2018) > Isn't "let x be" english How is `let x be ???` any different from `let x = ???`

nendroid on Oct 13, 2020 [–]

"let" is still english. "let x =" is short for "let x equal"

valenterry on Oct 17, 2020 | [–]

Exactly - so why do you treat them different? Because programmers use "=" and mathematicians write "be"?

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