Talk:egal

Modern use in English

egal is used in modern English in the context of computer programming; two objects are considered egal (and not just equal) if they are necessarily indistinguishable. The Julia documentation gives an example: setting a = [1, 2]; b = [1, 2];, a and b are equal in Julia since the values they refer to are the same, but they're not egal since they occupy different addresses in memory (and thus can be distinguished).

I feel that this modern sense should be added to this entry. 134.245.46.66 07:45, 19 May 2023 (UTC)