[bcsco]

OK, I wasn’t aware of that. I take it it replaces the slash through the equal sign then...

[Yo-Yo]

Right, because the equal sign with a slash through it isn't on a computer keyboard.

I was taught to use <> for "not equal to," but kids these days think != looks 'cooler' I guess. (Plus, with xml languages that use < and > for other purposes, like we do here on FR with HTML tags like <P> for new paragraph, using <> isn't even possible.)

Back in my day, we programmed in machine language, hand compiled from object code, loading the programming code one byte at a time using toggle switches, and we liked it!