going back in time to find who came up with writing ≤ as "<=" and convincing them to change it to the obviously better "=<"

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@niss but you say "less than or equal to" not "equal to or less than"

they're in the order you would type them
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@Felthry i know, but it looks too much like an arrow. =< looks more like ≤ graphically, to me

@Felthry (the "obviously better" was a joke, but i really don't like "<=")

@niss i dunno the only time it's ever been a consideration for us is how it's the asynchronous assignment operator in VHDL
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