Hi,
I made a test just for the fun, and the only difference I see is execution time. <> is faster than NOT =.
ha,hb,hc are Time
na,nb are int
da,db are Duration
FOR j = 1 TO 10
na=0
nb=0
ha = Now()
FOR i = 1 TO 2000000
IF i<>7 THEN na++
END
hb = Now()
FOR i = 1 TO 2000000
IF NOT i=7 THEN nb++
END
hc = Now()
da=hb-ha
db=hc-hb
Trace("<>"+na,da,"","N="+nb,db)
END
Useless, but fun. On my PC I get a diff. in favour of <>.
<>1999999 0000000310 N=1999999 0000000300
<>1999999 0000000270 N=1999999 0000000280
<>1999999 0000000260 N=1999999 0000000300
<>1999999 0000000250 N=1999999 0000000300
<>1999999 0000000260 N=1999999 0000000280
<>1999999 0000000270 N=1999999 0000000280
<>1999999 0000000270 N=1999999 0000000290
<>1999999 0000000270 N=1999999 0000000280
<>1999999 0000000270 N=1999999 0000000280
<>1999999 0000000260 N=1999999 0000000300