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LazarusRevives · 3189 days ago · link · · parent · post: R Passes SAS in Scholarly Use (finally)

It's interesting that this software is so jargon-ed that it can simply go by the letter R. Which reminds me of a video I watched of a lecture delivered by a statistician who was discussing how jargon can inhibit the accessibility of knowledge. He made several more interesting points...I'll try and find it so I can share. Can't seem to locate it now.

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Devac · 3188 days ago · link ·

A+, B, C, C++, C#, D, E, F, F#, J and K are also programming languages.

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coffeesp00ns · 3186 days ago · link ·

ok. question. How does one vocalize "C#"

In my world it's "C sharp", because the octothorpe is also the symbol used for denoting the raising of a pitch by a half step.

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Devac · 3186 days ago · link ·

C Sharp, yes. That's also the case of F Sharp (F#). Shame there are no C♭ or F♭ though ;).

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MadEmperorYuri · 3188 days ago · link ·

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Devac · 3188 days ago · link ·

Was I making an argument for it being better or worse? I don't think so. I did list some that show widely-accepted use of single-letter names for programming languages.