Reminds me of how I've always wished we could use an arrow ←for assignment, like only a few languages do.  An arrow suggests a flow of data, copying a value from whatever to a storage location or to give it a temporary name however it is implemented under the hood.  But of course keyboards don't have arrow character keys (the cursor-move keys don't count) and no one wants "&lt;-" as a cheap substitute.,(reply>), The reason no one wants &lt;- as a substitute is that its quite subjective. If the interpreter sees &lt;- should it read it as assignment or less than minus whatever is after<br>is x&lt;-2 meant to be x &lt;- 2 or x &lt; -2?