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From: ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
Message-ID: <103@fxgrp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 14:10:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: fxgrp.103
Posted: Fri Oct  9 14:10:35 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 11-Oct-87 15:57:49 EDT
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Reply-To: ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman)
Organization: FX Development Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
Summary: Our opinion
Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:4797 comp.lang.misc:716

In article <4575@cae780.TEK.COM> comdisco@cae780.UUCP (Comdisco) writes:
>
>	We are having an intense debate in our company which is costing
>us an enormous amount of time and money.  The debate concerns the proper
>pronunciation of the C language variable type "char".
>
>   1. One group claims it is pronounced like first syllable of "charcoal".
>
>   2. Another group says it is pronounced like the word "car".
>
>   3. Still another group says it is pronounced "care".
>
>	We would greatly appreciate any opinions on the subject.
>      

Well, you asked for it ...

It is my totally biased and totally correct opinion that it should be
pronounced like the first syllable of "charcoal".  Those people who
prefer to pronounce it like "car" should give up on C and go over to
Lisp.  Those who pronounce it like "care" are, according to the illustrious
Bob Johnsen (of Saratoga, California) "wimps and Pascal users".

So there!

Lloyd Zusman
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