Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: C structure portability, naughty Python Date: 6 Jan 2026 06:24:00 GMT Lines: 35 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> <10jhk5p$3c9r2$1@nntp.eternal-september.org> <10jhmm2$3c9r2$6@nntp.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net JAWpWq5+cMHLcrU485jzxgc8F7yRiDiDxPSggqj0DorQQ+R+My Cancel-Lock: sha1:yUJsXaB5d6y7+IGPXXQmJu0149E= sha256:B8SMML/LkZVJf9q1PN6WrC5+qLU/RGygd6l8OtDtsjI= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80560 alt.folklore.computers:233235 On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 00:57:38 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:23:56 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On 2026-01-06, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> On 5 Jan 2026 23:28:43 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> I have no idea why. >> >> In days of yore, "#" was often used by dealers in bulk products as an >> abbreviation for pounds weight. For instance, a sack of chicken feed >> might consist of "50# laying mash". > > Most of us used “lb”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign#Usage "When ⟨#⟩ is after a number, it is read as "pound" or "pounds", meaning the unit of weight.[54][55] The text "5# bag of flour" would mean "five- pound bag of flour". This is rare outside North America." Most of us don't live in New Zealand.