[fpc-devel] is not operator

Marco van de Voort fpc at pascalprogramming.org
Sat Sep 12 12:12:23 CEST 2026


Op 12-9-2026 om 00:12 schreef Mattias Gaertner via fpc-devel:
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> Orthogonality can be confusing, when it makes the language harder to 
> learn, or it creates ambiguous cases, e.g. due to precedence levels. 
> That's not the case for "is not", or "not in". Even non Pascal 
> programmers immediately understand them (Granted, my test sample is 
> small 😉).
>
But since the normal math like syntax not (x is a) is as comprehensive, 
it does not really add much except a few keystrokes.  And it is not 
common enough to really make saved keystrokes add up.



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