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		tom_mellior on April 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? In what way would 'source -> destination' not reflect the "actual" flow of data?

smadge on April 11, 2018 [–]

I would be ok with that too!

I must have misinterpreted dboreham as suggesting

  destination -> source

Which is very confusing to me.

dboreham on April 12, 2018 | [–]

The arrow always reflects the direction of flow. Difference is just whether you like to have destination first or last. Basically are you Motorola or Intel..

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