On a Tandem, all processes begin with "$". As in: "$WRITER is
writing to the file; $BILL is the process that monitors the bank balance".
You'll definitely confuse Tandem people if you call the dollar sign
"string".
-Chris
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From: George Schlossnagle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 8:31 AM
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Subject: Re: pronunciation guide
On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 10:28 AM, Paul Kraus wrote:
> 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 :)
I've been to a number of conferences as well and never heard anyone
refer to $anything as anything other than 'dollar anything'.
George
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