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    2 months ago

    I’ve always been a fan of using > and < but in the general use of lesser than or greater than, however, the symbols were always interchangeable to me since it always depends on where you put the defined integer, correct?

    If I want to say something is less than 37. It can either be 37 > or < 37.

    Because in that scenario the imaginary integer n is always on the opposite side of the symbol.

    37 > n

    n < 37

    So why did > ever become greater and < be less than? Doesn’t it also depend on how your text is written? If people reading from right to left or down to up vs left to right and up to down, means it’s reversed.

    The open part of the caret is where the bigger number is, the opposite side is where the lesser number is.