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Re: Pronunciation of "println" [Supersedes]

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On 8/10/2017 4:50 PM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 7:50:32 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> print line
>>
>> just like Pascal write line.
>>
>> Arne
> 
> If I ever needed to say the command I would say it like it's spelled, "print-el-en", but I would probably only say it to someone who doesn't know Java ie teaching beginner programmer.
> 
> I don't normally write the command.  In my own API there is only one println statement, inside a logging wrapper class which prints every debug message along with the class-method that called it and a timestamp.
> 
> You could just say it as "papa romeo india november tango lima november" to avoid confusion.

     Omigod, can you IMAGINE Stefan trying to speak his style of
code this way?  With all those

	juliet alpha victor alpha actualdot lima alpha
	november golf actualdot uppercase sierra tango
	romeo india november golf

's duly and interminably recited?

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Re: Pronunciation of "println" [Supersedes] Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-03 19:50 -0400
  Re: Pronunciation of "println" [Supersedes] "Tristan B. Kildaire" <deavmi@disroot.org> - 2017-08-10 21:31 +0200
  Re: Pronunciation of "println" [Supersedes] Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-10 13:50 -0700
    Re: Pronunciation of "println" [Supersedes] Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-10 17:12 -0400

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