Non-technical question

2006-09-20 Thread Mathew
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm curious how to pronounce various built-in variables in perl. Like $_ or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having never heard it spoken and only seeing it in print, I've taken to calling it "dunder" (Dollar + Underscore). Granted, the way I pronounce it has no

Re: Non-technical question

2006-09-20 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
* Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-20T19:29:53] > I'm curious how to pronounce various built-in variables in perl. Like > $_ or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having never heard it spoken and only seeing it in > print, > I've taken to calling it "dunder" (Dollar + Underscore). Granted, the > way I pronou

Re: Non-technical question

2006-09-20 Thread Robin Sheat
On Thursday 21 September 2006 12:18, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: >   $;    - "dollar semicolon' In my head, I pronounce these ones as 'string-semicolon', but that's a throwback to when I was young, stupid, and coded in BASIC... -- Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JabberID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hostes alienig

Re: Non-technical question

2006-09-20 Thread Dr.Ruud
Mathew schreef: > How would Larry pronounce it? As "it". -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Non-technical question

2006-09-21 Thread Lee Goddard
From: Ricardo SIGNES [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 September 2006 01:19 To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Non-technical question X-Message-Flag: Warning: This sender thinks he is better than you. X-Planet: Planet of the Apes User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Nice headers, Ricardo

Re: Non-technical question

2006-09-21 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Ricardo" == Ricardo SIGNES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ricardo> Good question. Here are some common pronunciations: Ricardo> $_ - "it" or "the topic" Ricardo>foreach (@line) { chomp $_; }; # for each line, chomp it I've always called that "dollar underscore" in the llama class

Re: Non-technical question

2006-09-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 08:49:56AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "Ricardo" == Ricardo SIGNES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ricardo> Good question. Here are some common pronunciations: > > Ricardo> $_ - "it" or "the topic" > Ricardo>foreach (@line) { chomp $_; }; # for eac