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From: gdtltr@mocha.it.udel.edu (Gary Duzan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How Do You Pronounce "#define"?
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Date: 14 Dec 89 18:16:07 GMT
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In article <89348.100415BRL102@PSUVM.BITNET> BRL102@PSUVM.BITNET (Ben Liblit) writes:
=>>How should one pronounce "#define"?
=>>Is it "pound define" or "number define"?
=>
=>What this entire silly debate gets down to is how to pronounce "#".  (I think
=>we can all agree on the proper pronunciation of "define".)
=>
=>Consider:  if a C programmer were to say "include s t d i o dot h," would you
=>be able to make the mental leap to comprehend that he/she was saying "#include
=><stdio.h>"?
=>
=>If no, than I strongly suggest you abandon computer programming in favor of
=>some other, less complicated, activity.
=>
=>If yes, then pronounce "#define" as "define" and get back to work.
=>
   How about #if? If there is any ambiguity, I just prepend the word
"preprocessor". Otherwise, I use the "mental leap" theory suggested above.

                                        Gary Duzan
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