>Does anyone know of a pronunciation guide for the special variables and such >in Perl? I came up empty on Google. I've been learning Perl by reading and >doing, but I haven't talked to anyone face-to-face, so I'm not sure, for >example, if $_ is spoken "dollar-underscore", or if people typically say >something else--like "<=>" is a "spaceship", or "#!" is a "shebang".
My friend and I have been learning Perl in relative isolation from any other experienced Perl programmers, so we've developed our own names for these variables. I have no idea what the rest of the community uses, but we have adopted $_ as "Dalton" -- a (mis)contraction of "DOLlar UNderscore". :) We also pronounce $ in from of normal variables as "scalar", and @ as "array" (or less frequently "list", if we feel like being more accurate). I have heard <=> as "spaceship" and <> as the "diamond" operator. But I agree with you, it would be interesting to have some global list of various ways Perl's special variables are called. :) -- AA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
