Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!botter!ark!rmgtkro From: rmgtkro@cs.vu.nl (Rob ten Kroode) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char' Message-ID: <1133@ark.cs.vu.nl> Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 15:54:38 EDT Article-I.D.: ark.1133 Posted: Mon Oct 12 15:54:38 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 04:47:55 EDT References: <4575@cae780.TEK.COM> <103@fxgrp.UUCP> Reply-To: rmgtkro@cs.vu.nl (Rob RMG ten Kroode) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 40 Keywords: C language pronunciation Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:4855 comp.lang.misc:735 >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. It is obvious that "char" should be pronounced as "car", because in our country (The Netherlands !) it is the first syllable of the dutch word "karakter" which means "character" in English (and that's what a "char" is) !! Yet another useless opinion in a useless discussion :-) Rob ten Kroode (rmgtkro@cs.vu.nl) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sorry for the following lines, but... I hate it when inews does not accept my posting !!!!!