"This goes against mathematics where equals represents equality"<br>yes that is how setting a variable works<br><br>x is equal to 42<br>x is equivilant to 42<br>if you put something with x weight, and 42 weight on two sides of a scale they will balance<br><br>I'm confused, is there something I'm missing that makes his argument true,(reply>), @statisticalcomputing aight but, after assigning the value of 42 to x, are you not still completing the "x is equivalent to 42"<br>that's how variables have always worked<br><br>even in math, lets say you have a simple equation of like... 3+x = 12 - 3<br>then 3+x = 8<br>x = 8-3<br>x = 5<br><br>you could word it as "assign the value of 5 to x"<br>but regardless, x is still equal to 5<br><br>im definitely missing something here i need it explained to me in cave man speak,(reply>), The value of x is equal to 42<br>vs<br>Assign the value 42 to x