ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/06/ascii-pronunciation-rules-for-programmers.html

Common perl pronunciations:
- # arrow
= # fat arrow
= # spaceship operator 
~ # tilde
# # hash 
! # not , bang
@ # at, ampersand
$ # dollar
[] # square brackets
() # brackets
{} # curlies, curly brackets
` # back tick
"" # double quote
' # single quote
| # pipe
* # asterix, star
# left angle bracket, right angle bracket
In perl there are operators that have identical pronunciation, eg "==" and "eq" which differ by the context they give to. Both pronounced equals.
I rarely pronounce symbols them the same unless I'm actually dictating. Usually, when paring or discussing code, it's just a matter of describing the intent or effect. 
rj on June 12, 2008 2:44 AM