What's the difference between = and :=

[Danyn]

Not exactly a question that requires code, just looking for some clarification.

[evildaddy911]

ok, so '=' is used for comparison; its used in 'if' statements; while ':=' is used for assignment, where you assign values to variables.
for example,

Turing:

x := 5 if x = 5 then

however, the turing compiler will accept '=' in place of ':=', meaning that

Turing:

x = 5 % is equivalent to x := 5

unfortunately, the reverse is not true.

Turing:

if x := 5 then

will not compile

[Raknarg]

Don't get this confused with other languages.

Java, C and Python (that I know for sure) use = for assignment, and use == for comparisons.

[mr.frenchman]

In pascal and delphi " := "- used for assigning value