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From: dks@shumv1.uucp (D. K. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How Do You Pronounce "#define"?
Keywords: #define
Message-ID: <1989Dec4.041559.9045@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 89 04:15:59 GMT
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In article <22141@brunix.UUCP> gvr@panda.UUCP (George V. Reilly) writes:
>In article <69516@psuecl.bitnet> bpm@psuecl.bitnet (Brian Moquin) writes:
>: How should one pronounce "#define"?
>
>: #    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&


Did we forget "splat"?  That is, in the same context as the "!"
is called "bang".


dk smith
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