Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!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: 7 Jan 2026 20:55:50 GMT Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 13 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$6@nntp.eternal-september.org> <20260106081414.000024c8@gmail.com> <3Wc7R.1392882$ACS3.1392197@fx17.iad> <20260106110304.000077b2@gmail.com> <20260107090057.00006975@gmail.com> X-Trace: individual.net 2NrVhsGaSd2tO19/IYxUxgiO6zqEdS3rTnqGIHVlUvPA+wxXh0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6xZK4Z4ag06bQofUEXXaMBYSVXc= sha256:l3Bm3cl/hAxk5VDb+VRCkOUxJrpd9/itu29esCp3PK0= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80702 alt.folklore.computers:233351 On 2026-01-07, John Ames wrote: > > Many's the time I've had to resort to the NATO phonetic alphabet when > trying to get a customer to type something in over the phone. I use it habitually, if I'm speaking English. But with a slight modification: "S for sugar". I found that no matter how much I emphasized siERRa, they nonetheless put Z for zero. Niklas -- [It] contains "vegetable stabilizer" which sounds ominous. How unstable are vegetables? -- Jeff Zahn