where programming languages are lagging

[TerraFrost]

Equality is, oddly, similar to SQL (ie. not equals is <>, equals is =, etc).

In most languages, "not equals" is != and prepending ! before a function or variable gives you the "not" of that function or variable.

I mention that because in CSS, ! doesn't mean "not" - in CSS. !important, for instance, doesn't mean something is "not important" - it means it "is important".

[TerraFrost]

Normally, when initializing a new variable, you do something like this:

java.math.BigInteger p = new java.math.BigInteger();

In ASN.1, however, it's different:

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     gadget  ItemId  ::=
       {
        partnumber      "7685B2",
        quantity        73,
        wholesaleprice  13.50,
        saleprice       24.95
       )

defines ``gadget" as a value of type ``ItemId".

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