From: robin51@dodo.com.au   
      
   >Does anyone know what the earliest languages supporting conditional   
   >assignment were?   
      
   There's Algol from c. 1960, with things like:   
      
   a := if e > f then b else c;   
      
   As for me, I don't like conditional assignments,   
   much preferring the traditional form --   
      
   if e > f then a := b else a := c;   
      
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