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  • D Dalek Dave

    Well to be perfectly honest, it technically is C Hash and Not C Sharp, for the official MS character used is the Hash symbol, not the sharp. They are different. The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel and perpendicular with the crossed lines at an angle, whereas the hash has the two Horizontal lines parallel and flat, with the uprights at an angle. Sharp[^] and hash[^]

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    Gary Wheeler
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    Well, aren't we Mr. Typographically Hoity-Toity ;P.

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    • D devenv exe

      ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

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      Abhinav S
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      If they guy is pronouncing the language wrong, I don't know whether they would be doing much work on it.

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      • D devenv exe

        ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

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        EricCiz wrote:

        a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer

        From the sounds of the interview, business intelligence is in short supply there.

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        • D devenv exe

          ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

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          Nemanja Trifunovic
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          I usually just call it "VB with semicolons", but I heard people calling it "C fence" for instance.

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          • D Dalek Dave

            Well to be perfectly honest, it technically is C Hash and Not C Sharp, for the official MS character used is the Hash symbol, not the sharp. They are different. The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel and perpendicular with the crossed lines at an angle, whereas the hash has the two Horizontal lines parallel and flat, with the uprights at an angle. Sharp[^] and hash[^]

            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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            Gregory Gadow
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            "C hash" certainly would explain a lot ;P I bet Marketing overruled the dev team.

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            • D devenv exe

              ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

              "Coming soon"

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              Mark_Wallace
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              Well, if you take the job, start calling it D flat.

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              • D devenv exe

                ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

                "Coming soon"

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                GenJerDan
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                You should have corrected him. It's C plus plus plus plus.

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Yes, our Pound Symbol is a derivation of the letter L, £ and comes from Librum, whereas theirs is the pound symbol for the weight 'Pound'. This means our 3 key is more expensive, but theirs is heavier!

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                  Yes, our Pound Symbol is a derivation of the letter L, £ and comes from Librum

                  "Libra", atcherley. "librum" is the dative (I think; I always get my Latin cases mixed up, these days).

                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                  whereas theirs is the pound symbol for the weight 'Pound'

                  ... Which is the same thing. The libra was a unit of weight (that translates into English directly as "pound" -- about 5,000 grain, if I remember my Classics lessons correctly), which was used in trading. We extended the trading use to name our currency.

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                  • M musefan

                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                    The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel

                    Can two vertical lines be anything other than parallel? Also, what are they perpendicular to if the other lines are at an angle?

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Well to be perfectly honest, it technically is C Hash and Not C Sharp, for the official MS character used is the Hash symbol, not the sharp. They are different. The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel and perpendicular with the crossed lines at an angle, whereas the hash has the two Horizontal lines parallel and flat, with the uprights at an angle. Sharp[^] and hash[^]

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                      Marc Clifton
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                      I knew that, but I also figured it was a pun on C++, as when you merge the 2 +'s together you get a #. Marc

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        Well to be perfectly honest, it technically is C Hash and Not C Sharp, for the official MS character used is the Hash symbol, not the sharp. They are different. The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel and perpendicular with the crossed lines at an angle, whereas the hash has the two Horizontal lines parallel and flat, with the uprights at an angle. Sharp[^] and hash[^]

                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                        Quirkafleeg
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                        Could be "pound", with it being called that on US phones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign[^]

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                        • D devenv exe

                          ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

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                          Wouldn't C "pound" make for sense?

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                            Wouldn't C "pound" make for sense?

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                            wizardzz wrote:

                            Wouldn't C "pound" make for sense?

                            No as # is not the pound sign anywhere but YankeeLand (and maybe Canada eh!).

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                            • M musefan

                              Dalek Dave wrote:

                              The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel

                              Can two vertical lines be anything other than parallel? Also, what are they perpendicular to if the other lines are at an angle?

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                              Of course! You were talking about non-euclidian geometry, weren't you? ;P

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                              • D devenv exe

                                ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

                                "Coming soon"

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                                Lost User
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                                Well, about the Sql Server, he's right. Sql Server 2008 on Win2008 Server. Sql Server 2000 on Win2k... Sql Server 2003 on Win2k3? :D Maybe this gay can't believe, but this year we will have games like PES 2012... :D

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                                  "C hash" certainly would explain a lot ;P I bet Marketing overruled the dev team.

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                                  MeFein
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                                  That's a relief. I could never tell if the code was written in C# Major or C# Minor. ;P

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                                  • G Gregory Gadow

                                    "C hash" certainly would explain a lot ;P I bet Marketing overruled the dev team.

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                                    Amol Bhave
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                                    In music theory, # and b are the symbols used to indicate half note higher and lower than the original note. These are pronounced as # = Sharp and b = Flat. So maybe Microsoft became a bit more interested into music.

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                                      Well, about the Sql Server, he's right. Sql Server 2008 on Win2008 Server. Sql Server 2000 on Win2k... Sql Server 2003 on Win2k3? :D Maybe this gay can't believe, but this year we will have games like PES 2012... :D

                                      Ygor Lazaro

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                                      devenv exe
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                                      ygoronline wrote:

                                      Well, about the Sql Server, he's right. Sql Server 2008 on Win2008 Server. Sql Server 2000 on Win2k... Sql Server 2003 on Win2k3?

                                      Oh man! It makes so much sense now!

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                                      • D devenv exe

                                        ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

                                        "Coming soon"

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                                        chasheider
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                                        I had an HR interviewer ask if I knew anything about C pound. I told her that I had never heard of it... After I hung up the phone I realized the error. Aw, Snap!

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                                        • D devenv exe

                                          ...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:

                                          "Coming soon"

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                                          MiddleTommy
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                                          Or if your into telephony maybe you could pronounce it "C pound" (C#)

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