On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:00:22 GMT, Backward Thinker
> > <backwardthinker@juno.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>I octothorped those out
> >>
> >>octothorpe... had to hit dictionary.com for that one. Learn something new every day.
> >>
> >>http://www.sigtel.com/tel_tech_octothorpe.html
> >>http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm
> >>
> >>And verbing nouns is good times,
> >
> > Yea, I guess it is not the most common word in the world. I just see one and
> > that is what I think. Some times the translator to more common words does
> > not come on line.
>
> Is there a more-common word/term for it (other than "tic-tac-toe
> thingie" or "number sign", neither one of which is really a name for
> it?)
The Jargon File 4.3.1 (29 JUN 2001) says:
"Common: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; crunch hex; [mesh].
Rare: grid; crosshatch; octothorpe; flash; , pig-pen; tictactoe;
scratchmark; thud; thump; splat"
I refer to the act of changing this:
do_something
to this:
# do_something
as "commenting it out", whether I use # or ! or ; or some odd character.
"Comment" has fewer syllables than either "number sign" or "exclamation
point" or "semicolon".
> It's not technically a "sharp", which is rendered slightly
> differently (if you want to be technically precise).
That's probably up to the font designers, BICBW.
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