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authoriArnold <arnoldvanh@gmail.com>2014-01-29 21:27:53 +0100
committeriArnold <arnoldvanh@gmail.com>2014-01-29 21:27:53 +0100
commit22ebe9a9b4d474341882aee8cbc82f63119e42e0 (patch)
tree59a425a3e31268e3db36b1960a9e4e26a37ad2ff /red.html.markdown
parentd1376f0152f96073dd9ce754e3fac3ae2a89da69 (diff)
Update red.html.markdown
Equality sign means equal
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@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ comment {
; forbidden, because that is how hexadecimal numbers are expressed in Red and
; Red/System.
-; assign a value to a variable using a colon ':'
+; assign a value to a variable using a colon ":"
my-name: "Red"
-reason-for-using-the-colon: {This makes the equality sign '=' exclusively usable for comparisons purposes, thus speeding up the original Rebol interpreter.}
+reason-for-using-the-colon: {Assigning values using the colon makes the equality sign "=" exclusively usable for comparisons purposes, exactly what "=" was intended for in the first place! Remember this y = x + 1 and x = 1 => y = 2 stuff from school?
+}
is-this-name-valid?: true
; print output using print, or prin for printing without a newline or linefeed at the ; end of the printed text.