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From: gvr@brunix (George V. Reilly)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How Do You Pronounce "#define"?
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Date: 3 Dec 89 21:48:54 GMT
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In article <69516@psuecl.bitnet> bpm@psuecl.bitnet (Brian Moquin) writes:
: How should one pronounce "#define"?
: 
: Is it "pound define" or "number define"?
: 
: And if it is "pound define", which one of you taught me to say the other?
: 
: Thanks,
: 
: b

I don't want to start another pronunciation fest, but I (and every C
programmer I know in Ireland) have always called this hash-define.
Maarten Litmaath posted a definitive list to comp.unix.wizards a few
weeks ago about this.

: #    CROSSHATCH, pound, pound sign, number, number sign, sharp, octothorpe#,
:        hash, fence, crunch, mesh, hex, flash, grid, pig-pen, tictactoe,
:        scratch (mark), (garden)gate, hak, oof, rake, sink&, corridor&

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