equable

adj 1: not varying; "an equable climate"

2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone

shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite

the repeated delays" [syn: {even-tempered}, {good-tempered},

{placid}]

equals

"◦", {ASCII} character 61.

Common names: {ITU-T}: equals; gets; takes. Rare:

quadrathorpe; {INTERCAL}: half-mesh.

Equals is used in many languages as the {assignment} operator

though earlier languages used ":◦" ("becomes equal to") to

avoid upsetting mathematicians with statements such as "x ◦

x:1". It is also used in compounds such as "<◦", ">◦", "◦◦",

"/◦", "!◦" for various comparison operators and in {C}'s ":◦",

"▫◦" etc. which mimic the {primitive} operations of

{two-address code}.

(1995-03-29)