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~ is the similarity sign as mathematical symbols.

• jaytaylor 4y ago
  Agreed, this is a slightly better way to think about it, yet still seems out of place for Go. Where else does Golang diverge from what an operator means in C?
  • awsmith 4y ago
    For one, in the operator in question: bitwise negation in Go is expressed using prefix ^ rather than ~ as in C. Go also differs from C in operator precedence, which I would argue is a significantly larger change than the visible syntax for an operator.
    • morelisp 4y ago
      ++ and -- are also statements rather than expressions (and =, but lots of languages diverge from C on this).