In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kraus) writes: >Not sure how to help you I do not that it is not very common to refer to >$ as dollar unless your talking about dollars. Generally when dealing >with computers it is a representation of the word string and is spoken >as such. > >String-underscore.
I've never heard that. I've been to dozens of meetings and conferences, heard thousands of people talking about Perl, and never before have I heard $_ referred to as anything other than "dollar underscore" or occasionally "dollar underbar". Strings are a small subset of possible values for scalars. If $ were mnemonic for anything, it would be "scalar", not "string". >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Archer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 8:08 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: pronunciation guide > > >Does anyone know of a pronunciation guide for the special variables and >such in Perl? I came up empty on Google. I've been learning Perl by >reading and doing, but I haven't talked to anyone face-to-face, so I'm >not sure, for example, if $_ is spoken "dollar-underscore", or if people >typically say something else--like "<=>" is a "spaceship", or "#!" is a >"shebang". -- Peter Scott http://www.perldebugged.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
