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[Feature Request] Add inequality operators
I noticed the lack of an inequality operator (!=
in most languages and !==
in the second best programming language JavaScript) and thought it should be added to DreamBerd. DreamBerd's NOT operator is ;
so most programmers coming from other languages would likely think that the inequality operators should look like this:
==
=> ;=
===
=> ;==
====
=> ;===
This, however, creates a problem with the imprecise equality operator =
, as it would require its corresponding inequality operator to be ;
which does not imply checking for inequality. One possible solution would be to prefix all equality operators with a ;
to make the inequality operators look like this:
=
=> ;=
==
=> ;==
===
=> ;===
====
=> ;====
This too could be problematic as developers coming from other languages might get confused and type the wrong inequality operator. Therefore, I have come up with what I believe is the best possible solution: prefixing the equality operators with ;;;
(NOT NOT NOT) which is equivalent to ;
(NOT) and would not cause any confusion for new developers as such prefixes do not exist in other languages. My final proposed solution for inequality operators would look like this:
=
=> ;;;=
==
=> ;;;==
===
=> ;;;===
====
=> ;;;====
Example code:
print(3.14 ;;;= 3)! //false
print(3.14 ;;;== 3)! //true
print(3.14 ;;;=== "3.14")! //true
const const pi = 3.14!
print(3.14 ;;;==== pi)! //true
print(pi ;;;==== pi)! //false