Why do c++ programmers use != instead of <

Question

In c++ primer, pg 95 the author says that c++ programmers tend to use != in preference of < when writing loops.

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Answer 1

Maybe those who preffer this is because they got used to checking for null, etc... so preffer use the same != in everything.

if(x != null) { ... }

for(int i=0; i != 10; i++) { ... }

so for those everyting tends to be != or ==

read != as DIFFERENT/NOT EQUAL, following the same principle as == is EQUAL,