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in reply to Re: How do you pronounce variable names?
in thread How do you pronounce variable names?
Probably from BASIC. Early versions required String field names to start with a $ (ie $a, $bc, etc.) If it didn't, it was assumed numeric and you usualy ended up with a letter that resulted in a zero. This is from MBASIC, circa 1975. Also, field names were limited to only two characters back then, and if they started with i thru r they were considered integer, otherwise floating. How did we ever survive? ;-) |
Re^3: How do you pronounce variable names?
by DrHyde (Prior) on Feb 20, 2008 at 10:44 UTC
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In every BASIC I'm familiar with, the $ came at the *end* of the variable. And this thread reminds me of a thread I started many years ago in comp.lang.perl.misc about pronunciation. Much of the advice there is good, the obvious error being to pronounce the # sign as "pound". | [reply] |
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