Binding and assignment



Hello all,

In Maxima, is there a distinction between binding and assignment?

On a related note, does one say the value is bound to
a symbol, or that a symbol is bound to a value?
Or perhaps the symbol and value are bound together?

If binding and assignment are the same thing -- 
would we like to prefer one term over the other in documentation?

At present both terms are used in documentation, and the 
.texi items for ":" and "::" don't mention binding.

Thanks for any insights.

Robert Dodier


		
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