What's up with the "equal sign with a slash" being used in place of the literal ...

		H1Supreme on Nov 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Errors in Go: From denial to acceptance What's up with the "equal sign with a slash" being used in place of the literal "!="? I realize it's reference, but why abstract the code away like that? Seems unnecessary, and potentially confusing for new programmers.