This has nothing to do with Ruby but whatever 🤷‍♂️

After all these years, I found the := operator again — the one I used back in college with Pascal and Delphi… now in Go.
Nostalgia compiles fast.

Made a retro hero for the blog, Turbo Pascal 7.0 style with CRT monitor and everything.

Anyone else remember Ctrl+F9? 💚

https://rubystacknews.com/2026/03/31/from-to-how-go-brought-me-back-to-my-pascal-and-delphi-days/

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From := to :=: How Go Brought Me Back to My Pascal and Delphi Days

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