Python is such a crappy language, I don't <b>need</b> convincing to stay away. I just wanted to know what the hell a Jamie Hynemann operator was. I don't even know why anyone would want to get so hot-headed about a feature in a language so outrageously dumb in the first place! There have been several times where I've thought about downgrading and trying out Python, and every time I hear anyone speak about it they're bitching about something, and I'm reminded to stay the hell away for my own sanity. Anyway, complaining about "=" being an assignment operator is seriously dumb. Yes; it's used in mathematics to check equality; but that's what assignment is, you say "that variable is (from now on) equal to this number". Honestly...!