Passing of Niklaus Wirth - RIP

[phroyt]

The ':=' operator is officially known as the assignment operator.
It was dubbed the walrus operator because the ':=' syntax resembles the eyes and tusks of a sideways walrus.

Walrus appeared in Python 3.8

>>> walrus = False
>>> walrus
False

>>> (walrus := True)
True
>>> walrus
True

I loved the early days of Object Pascal, Win32, and Delphi 1 and 2.
Everything started to fall apart to Borland when Anders Hejlsberg went to Microsoft.

BTW I still use Delphi and earn money from it, even after almost 30 years.

R.I.P Niklaus!