4/21 In programming speak we call a # a hash and a ! a bang. Is there
a jargon name for ~?
\_ tilde.
\_ seconded
\_ squiggle
\_ twiddle?
\_ I concurr.
\_ I tend to call "#" a pound.
\_ more discriminating people have tended to call this 'sharp',
e.g. in K&R. pound is for phones.
\_ Maybe, but #! being called sharp-bang seems odd.
\_ not really. #! is called shebang, which would seem
to be a shortening of sharp-bang.
\_ Far more often referred to as "hash-bang", shortened
to "'sh-bang." Let's not reference Mr. Hung any more
than necessary. And, btw, the only appropriate place
it's called a "sharp" is in music... Fuck C# --scotsman
\_ I agree that # is properly called hash. I hate
calling it a pound, that's for British currency.
\_ Jargon File says:
shebang:
"The character sequence #! that frequently begins
executable shell scripts under Unix. Probably
derived from "shell bang"..."
In any case, like I said, I think K&R calls it a
sharp, and I sure wouldn't trust your judgment
over K&R's. Also, I don't care for your "Fuck C#"
justification at all -- you sound like a tool.
\_ Wasn't the original name 'octothorp' coined by the bell
folks? -saarp
\_ Surely something so obtuse could only have come from IBM?
\_ what's @ called?
\_ yomama
\_ at.
\_ In Korean it's called a "snail."
\_ it's an onion
\_ cinnamon roll
\_ What do you call a "*"?
\_ star
\_ Splat.
\_ That's what I call it too, but only Berkeley people seem
to use this. |