Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff

# pound, comment, remark (not "hash" because of % :)

The # character should never be pronounced pound. I accept square sign, but Ł means pound because it is simply a fancy L, which is short for the latin libra meaning pound. YAA (Yet Another Americanisation ;) ) that came about this time from the difference between UK and US keyboards.

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Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff by RSevrinsky (Scribe) on Apr 11, 2002 at 08:32 UTC
# is obviously "sharp". That's how we get "sh-bang" (#!) to start every program! - Richie	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff by Juerd (Abbot) on Apr 11, 2002 at 08:40 UTC
# is obviously "sharp". That's how we get "sh-bang" (#!) to start every program! I thought that was "hash bang", but "sharp bang" sounds more logical. This is a culture shock, getting used to "sharp" will take a while. Yes, I reinvent wheels.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff by belg4mit (Prior) on Apr 11, 2002 at 14:38 UTC
That's a pretty specious argument. In any event the name of # is of great debate. There are many terms (most listed in the two links I provided earlier (higher up, below.) The Useless Pages used to have an entire section dedicated to this, I cannot find it now Octothorpe Despite the actual definition I had heard Sesquipedalian as a contender Interesting observation If - is a bithorpe and # is an octothorpe, why isn't * a hexathorpe? And if - is a bithorpe and = is a quadrathorpe, what's +? And furthermore, what's a thorpe? `-- perl -pe "s/\b;([mnst])/'\1/mg"`	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff by Juerd (Abbot) on Apr 11, 2002 at 07:29 UTC
The # character should never be pronounced pound. `#perl` (irc channel) is often refered to as "pound perl", and I tend to use "remark" when talking about code. When not in Perl context, I use "hash" for it, but that's far to confusing when talking about Perl code :). Yes, I reinvent wheels.	[reply] [d/l]


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