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I actually don't know, I just assume the majority of people are americans and that's why they use $. I don't use $ in programming except for string interpolatio
by voidUpdate 1y ago
I actually don't know, I just assume the majority of people are americans and that's why they use $. I don't use $ in programming except for string interpolation, so it's never really registered as a variable sigil to me
- squigz 1y agoOh no my PHPness is showing! Also, many, many countries use $, like Canada.
- tom_ 1y agoIf you think it would reflect on you better, think of it as indicating regular POSIX shell use?! (I'm 99% sure it's intended to be reminiscent of that sort of syntax. Example use: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761939)
- zahlman 1y ago> I don't use $ in programming except for string interpolation ... but the entire point of the "$JOB" etc. slang is that it's a string interpolation...
- voidUpdate 1y agoNot how I use it, string interpolation would be $"{job}"
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y agoThat depends on the language. In unix shell, echo $JOB and echo ${JOB} are identical, though the latter is more flexible (Allowing eg. `echo ${JOB:-unemployment}` or `echo ${JOB}SUCKS`).
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y agoEvery time I use $word in a comment is to be reminiscent of POSIX-style string interpolation for some word. The vast majority of cases where I've seen it are such, only if "word" is numeric do I expect $ is used as a currency symbol.