Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-12-15 Thread Richard Quadling
2009/10/16 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: It's called vacation away from the 'net but there is an emergency. I'm certain that a fair portion of the list is familiar with that! I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. Vacation? Away from the net? We must be from different

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-12-15 Thread Richard Quadling
2009/10/16 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over  the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- PHP General

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-24 Thread Kim Madsen
Dotan Cohen wrote on 2009-10-23 22:40: But I think for the OP's purposes, he could simply DEFINE any word he wanted at the beginning of the conversation: Listen up duder. When I say 'de-ref' you make hyphen and a greater-than sign. Capiche?. He could just as easily say, Listen up duder. When I

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-24 Thread Dotan Cohen
There is... It's called a Fax ;-) Again, I am interested in knowing the proper terminology for PHP constructs and code. We have a name for a small sweer green fruit from the vine, and we have a name for the alcoholic beverage that is derived from it. Knowing these names helps one communicate

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
But I think for the OP's purposes, he could simply DEFINE any word he wanted at the beginning of the conversation: Listen up duder. When I say 'de-ref' you make hyphen and a greater-than sign. Capiche?. He could just as easily say, Listen up duder. When I say 'arrow-thingy' you make hyphen and

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
Open paren. Dollar-sign item de-ref getServiceID method. Question mark. Dollar-sign item de-ref getServiceID method again. Colon. Dollar-sign item de-ref getID method. Close up matching parenthesis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_%28computer_science%29 Thanks. The word Reference was

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-21 Thread tedd
At 9:42 AM +0200 10/21/09, Dotan Cohen wrote: Open paren. Dollar-sign item de-ref getServiceID method. Question mark. Dollar-sign item de-ref getServiceID method again. Colon. Dollar-sign item de-ref getID method. Close up matching parenthesis.

RE: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-21 Thread Daevid Vincent
-Original Message- From: tedd [mailto:tedd.sperl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:38 AM To: Dotan Cohen; Daevid Vincent Cc: php-general. Subject: Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone? At 9:42 AM +0200 10/21/09, Dotan Cohen wrote: Open paren

RE: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-20 Thread Daevid Vincent
-Original Message- From: Dotan Cohen [mailto:dotanco...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:46 AM To: php-general. Subject: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone? How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone?

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-17 Thread tedd
At 4:15 AM +0200 10/17/09, Dotan Cohen wrote: This is a lot of posts to say either read it off character by character If there is a jargon for operators such as - I'd like to know them. Dotan Cohen As I said previously, it's called an operator. Of course you can call it whatever you

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
As for following a convention, just get the PHP terminology right, That is what I was hoping to learn! or at least agree on your on bastardized terminology. Because this may cause problems in the future. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- PHP General

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
Wow! Here goes: Open-bracket, dollar item hypen greater-than, get service id, no all one word but with a capital S and I. Open and close brackets, question mark, dollar item again, then a hyphen and greater-than, that get service id and brackets bit again, exactly the same as last time;

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
open parenthesis $item getServiceId question symbol $item getServiceId colon $item getId close parenthesis How would you mention the - constructs? Certainly they are not assumed? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 18:01 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Wow! Here goes: Open-bracket, dollar item hypen greater-than, get service id, no all one word but with a capital S and I. Open and close brackets, question mark, dollar item again, then a hyphen and greater-than, that get service

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Martin Scotta
First ask him/her for an email address, and then while you are over the phone send the text by email. This way the other can *instantaneously* read and both of you can talk about the code. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukwrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Bipin Upadhyay
On 10/16/2009 9:31 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Wow! Here goes: Open-bracket, dollar item hypen greater-than, get service id, no all one word but with a capital S and I. Open and close brackets, question mark, dollar item again, then a hyphen and greater-than, that get service id and brackets bit

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Jim Lucas
Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; Thanks! FATAL ERROR: Non matching parenthesis. Ok, but really, I would say something along these lines: Open

RE: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Ashley Sheridan On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 18:01 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Wow! Here goes: Open-bracket, dollar item hypen greater-than, get service id, no all one word but with a capital S and I. Open and close brackets, question mark, dollar item again, then a hyphen and greater-than,

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread tedd
At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Robert Cummings
Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; It depends... is the person familiar with PHP or not? If they are not then the process is more cumbersome since I can't say

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread tedd
So it really involves mentioning each character. I was hoping that there would be a shared language for constructs such as - and the like. I like pointy-thingie, but it's called an operator. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 12:47 -0400, tedd wrote: At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() :

RE: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Bob McConnell
From: tedd At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; Wow! Here goes:

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Robert Cummings
Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 12:47 -0400, tedd wrote: At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ?

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread LinuxManMikeC
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Bob McConnell r...@cbord.com wrote: From: Ashley Sheridan On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 18:01 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Wow! Here goes: Open-bracket, dollar item hypen greater-than, get service id, no all one word but with a capital S and I. Open and close

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Robert Cummings
Bob McConnell wrote: From: tedd At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(;

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Joseph Masoud
Robert Cummings wrote: Bob McConnell wrote: From: tedd At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 17:46 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How would you read this out loud if you were to read it to someone over the phone? ($item-getServiceId() ?

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
First ask him/her for an email address, and then while you are over the phone send the text by email. This way the other can *instantaneously* read and both of you can talk about the code. That is how it is usually done. But we have found ourselves twice in the position where one had to talk

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
There are, what you'd call, technical jargon for them. However, it'd pretty obviously depend on the extent of knowledge of the person on other side of phone line. If she understands PHP objects, difference between OOP in PHP4 PHP5, and ternary operator, things would be fairly simple. Yes,

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
Ok, but really, I would say something along these lines: Open Conditional statement Test Condition        Using object variable item call object member method get service id if condition results are true issue following command        Using object variable item call object member method

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
It depends... is the person familiar with PHP or not? If they are not then the process is more cumbersome since I can't say things like variable item calling camel-case method getServiceId without parameters. Yes, I should have mentioned that the other party is an experienced PHP developer.

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
Have you thought about using instant messaging?  How about sending the code to him via text message?  Putting it on a pastie or on code pad? IRC, sFTP, SSH, you see, in the 21st century, there exists a plethora of solutions to circumvent this particular issue. I would be interested in

RE: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Dotan Cohen I would be interested in finding out how the OP ended up having absolutely no option but to pass code to another Homo Sapien verbally?  Unless you managed to cripple your system and disconnect your company from the internet, surely, it would have been faster (and easier)

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
If they can reach you by phone you are not on vacation. You are still attached to their leash. And they still throw me bones :) It's worth it! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread O. Lavell
Dotan Cohen wrote: It's called vacation away from the 'net but there is an emergency. I'm certain that a fair portion of the list is familiar with that! I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. Vacation? Away from the net? We must be from different planets... -- PHP

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. Vacation? Away from the net? We must be from different planets... Very likely, as us Saturnians inhabit the moons, not the planet. Only rocky planet-dwellers talk like that! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Robert Cummings
O. Lavell wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: It's called vacation away from the 'net but there is an emergency. I'm certain that a fair portion of the list is familiar with that! I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. Vacation? Away from the net? We must be from different

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
It's called vacation away from the 'net but there is an emergency. I'm certain that a fair portion of the list is familiar with that! I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. Vacation? Away from the net? We must be from different planets... How to do you vacation from

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Tommy Pham
- Original Message From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com To: Bipin Upadhyay muxical.g...@gmail.com Cc: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk; php-general. php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 11:29:09 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
Yes, the other end of the phone is an experienced PHP developer. IMO, if you have to explain this code over the phone or any medium: ($item-getServiceId() ? $item-getServiceId() : $item-getId(; The other person you're talking to is definitely not experienced.  ;) I do not need to

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Bastien Koert
This is a lot of posts to say either read it off character by character or just email the damn line. On 10/16/09, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the other end of the phone is an experienced PHP developer. IMO, if you have to explain this code over the phone or any medium:

RE: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread tedd
At 12:59 PM -0400 10/16/09, Bob McConnell wrote: From: tedd At 4:51 PM +0100 10/16/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: Open-bracket, No, that's not an open bracket -- that's an open parenthesis or paren for short. An open bracket is [ An open curly brace is { That depends on which edition

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread tedd
At 8:31 PM +0200 10/16/09, Dotan Cohen wrote: It depends... is the person familiar with PHP or not? If they are not then the process is more cumbersome since I can't say things like variable item calling camel-case method getServiceId without parameters. Yes, I should have mentioned that

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Robert Cummings
Dotan Cohen wrote: It's called vacation away from the 'net but there is an emergency. I'm certain that a fair portion of the list is familiar with that! I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. Vacation? Away from the net? We must be from different planets... How to do you

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Robert Cummings
tedd wrote: At 8:31 PM +0200 10/16/09, Dotan Cohen wrote: It depends... is the person familiar with PHP or not? If they are not then the process is more cumbersome since I can't say things like variable item calling camel-case method getServiceId without parameters. Yes, I should have

Re: [PHP] How to pronounce PHP code over the phone?

2009-10-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
This is a lot of posts to say either read it off character by character If there is a jargon for operators such as - I'd like to know them. or just email the damn line. Not possible for whatever reason, otherwise I wouldn't be bothering the list! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com