Pronouncing "print>>"

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.demon.co.uk
Thu Aug 31 13:49:11 EDT 2000


Hi Carey,

> While I don't really like the new print syntax, I've decided to
> accept it.  This leaves me with the problem of how to say it out
> loud.

It's a single operator, not two so I don't think a doubled word works.
How do you pronounce `2 ** 3'?  `2 star star 3' or `2 to the power of
3'?

    8 >> 1                eight right-shift one
    print >>file          print to file


Ralph.




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