Re: Assignment Vs conditions

Plechsmíd Martin <Martin.Plechsmid@merlin.cz> writes:

>                                                    but in general there
> is a big difference between assignment and declaration.

Is "assignment" a mathematical concept?

If "declaration" is a mathematical concept, is it something different
from definition?

I've always construed the := operator to mean the object on the left
is being defined as the object on the right, not that I usually see
this notation in mathematics journal literature.

                                    -- Bill