How Do You Pronounce "#define"?
Jeff Seideman
jeffs at ka.excelan.com
Thu Dec 7 08:47:04 AEST 1989
In article <561 at junkyard.UUCP>, joe at junkyard.UUCP (Joseph Sarkes) writes:
> In article <2438 at softway.oz>, stephenf at softway.oz (Stephen Frede) writes:
> > >How should one pronounce "#define"?
>
> very carefully. on a serious note, # is a POUND sign, so maybe
> pound define would do.
That's funny! One of my co-workers and I were just fighting over that
this morning. He says # is "SHARP" and I say # is "GRID".
So it can be "pound define"
or "sharp define"
or "grid define"
Aint English Goodly?
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| ...like a fool I mixed them, | Jeff Seideman |
| and it strangled up my mind | |
| now people just get uglier | |
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