Yep. One of our remaining distribution packages is still using business basic. Sums it up :)
Paul -----Original Message----- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: pronunciation guide Paul Kraus said: > Wow. I find that unusual in my 10 years of computer use/programming > ... I have always referred to $ and heard it referred to as "string". > > Not that it matters but I find that definitely unusual :) Do you have a background in BASIC? I think that in the UK at least it is (was ?) common to refer to the $ in A$, for example, as "string" since that is what it was, and it obviously had nothing to do with dollars. But as far as Perl is concerned it is "dollar", and I am not aware of any exceptions. Now, as to whether $! is dollar-bang, dollar-pling, dollar-exclamation-mark or anything else is not so easy. You might find this link interesting: http://www.eeng.brad.ac.uk/help/.faq/.unix/.pronun.html But people, # is not a pound! ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: pronunciation guide > > > 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". -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
