How do you pronounce it?

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Martin Schmid said:
Damnit... I've been saying C-lbs.
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My phone call to the computer store:

Me: Hi, could you tell me if you sell Microsoft Visual C Sharp.
Her: Microsoft Visual Basic?
Me: No, Microsoft Visual C Hash.
Her: Yes, we sell Microsoft Visual C Plus Plus.
Me: No! Microsoft Visual C Pound-Sign.
Her: Pound-Sign?
Me: You know - a pound sign.
Her: <silence>
Me: Could you list all the Microsoft Visual C products you sell.
Her: Okay, Microsoft Visual C Plus Plus, Microsoft Visual C... ahh!
Her: Yes, we sell Microsoft Visual C#!
Me: Thankyou!
 
C# Learner said:
That would be B ;)
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I thought of that, and there was indeed such a language, the predecessor of
C. I think it was used internally at AT&T or somewhere in the early 1970s.
 
I wonder what exactly they think they are selling?

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Hi,
I read in a book that the idea behind the name (C#) was to stands for "See
sharp".

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Chiral said:
How are you supposed to pronounce C#. I say 'C-sharp', but I don't know if
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that's right.
 
Stoitcho Goutsev (100) said:
Hi,
I read in a book that the idea behind the name (C#) was to stands for "See
sharp".
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Maybe. As is well known, C++ appears to stand for "increment C, but use the
previous value." :) :)
 
I thought of that, and there was indeed such a language, the predecessor of
C. I think it was used internally at AT&T or somewhere in the early 1970s.
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Perhaps they should've carried on that convention and called C#, D
instead.

Then again, short names make it hard to search for info about the
language. Names with symbols make it a bigger problem.

A longer name without symbols would've been better.
 
C# Learner said:
Perhaps they should've carried on that convention and called C#, D
instead.
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Actually, there is already a language called D, its sort of between
unmanaged C++ and C#, as I recall. Its designed as an evolution of C++.
Then again, short names make it hard to search for info about the
language. Names with symbols make it a bigger problem.

A longer name without symbols would've been better.
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Yes, but people usually just make abrevations or acronyms for it, Visual
Basic becomes VB for example.
 
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