Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Niklas Karlsson Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: C structure portability, naughty Python Date: 5 Jan 2026 23:28:43 GMT Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <10j9a1l$1toj$1@gal.iecc.com> <10j9vvr$23cp$2@gal.iecc.com> <10jb0is$172cb$2@dont-email.me> <679q2mx7o4.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10jduat$22c54$1@dont-email.me> <20260105092034.000079fd@gmail.com> <10jhbel$3993m$4@nntp.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 23g37n9ZydqlURHOtl2FsQdcMNqdwNw7zmsSs17wY9Begy32Zu Cancel-Lock: sha1:t7RrAm55iKKu73wUcZl2wzSpdHE= sha256:GVlkeZmQMnTRhuFs04ZJ8ptvFcVP5ZAvvKmHxaMVjdY= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80543 alt.folklore.computers:233220 On 2026-01-05, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On 5 Jan 2026 18:10:08 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote: > >> C-pound ... > > “C£”? # is often spoken as "pound" in the USA. Notably when instructing someone to enter things on a phone keypad. Niklas -- This year's Corporate Technology Expo was no different than the ones for years previous. [...] The scene was a three-hour, seemingly unending procession of PowerPoint slides with enough laser pointers to take down an incoming ICBM. -- http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/MUMPS-Madness.aspx