First encounter with variable rebinding in pattern matching

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Comparing Elixir and Erlang variables « Plataformatec Blog

To me, Elixir allows rebinding (i.e. the values are immutable) while Erlang does not. Pinning is necessary to suppress the default rebind behaviour.

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How do you refer to the Match Operator when reading code?

When you see code like this: name = "José" How do you read it in your mind? In Ruby I would read it as: name, is set to, José In Elixir I’m not sure whether to read it as: name, match, José or name, equals, José How do you refer to it? Is there a ‘correct’ way?