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Subject: Pronunciation of 'char'
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Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 20:18:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  8 20:18:25 1987
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
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	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.
      

                                      - Mark "Ban Hippies" Kaplan