News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Pronunciation Guide for Unix. Parent comment

Re:Pronunciation Guide for Unix by veltas on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:14AM (#31943722)
I heard it (in UK) referring to { }.

In programming circles I've come to expect: () parens, [] brackets, {} braces. Probably easier if we all try to stick to that.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Pronunciation Guide for Unix by tym0 on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:54AM (#31944312)
Yes, as someone who lives in the UK I call () parenthesis, [] square brackets and {} curly braces to make it (somewhat) clearer. I pronounce root and route differently for the same reason. But I'm a foreigner so I can take some liberties :)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Pronunciation Guide for Unix by 0xabe on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:42AM (#31944610)
This also in the US, and < > as elbow brackets.
[ Parent | on HN ]