Timeline for Why does the assignment operator assign to the left-hand side?
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| Jul 24, 2014 at 0:35 | comment | added | Petruza | You're right, it's only logical for a left to right writing system as the roman alphabet, which I guess is used by almost every programming language, if not all. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 21:00 | comment | added | nawfal | @JamesAnderson superior countries? :o | |
| Aug 4, 2011 at 8:33 | comment | added | James Anderson | Its a "Driving on the Right side of the road" type of thing. It seems logical but only because its the way you have always done it. All superior countries drive on the Left. | |
| Aug 4, 2011 at 4:35 | comment | added | Javier | yes you do. in most languages the right side is evaluated before the left one. | |
| Aug 4, 2011 at 3:21 | history | answered | Petruza | CC BY-SA 3.0 |