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What verb describes the act of using the phonetic alphabet? (ie: Alpha, Romeo, Foxtrot etc)
Thanks
[EDIT: Ooops seems like I misposted, should've been the Lounge  ]
... such stuff as dreams are made on
modified 5 days ago.
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Idioting?
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Idioting is when you deliberately misunderstand a question.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I thought that willfully misunderstaning was ElizabethBenneting...
(I forgot the joke question. And yes, I am skilled in idioting... a Master Idiot, I think).
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Funny answer ... don't be too demanding for yourself
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The verb depends on what you're using it for (spelling, reciting, memorising etc.) You could then combine said verb with an adverb such as phonetically or acrophonically (e.g. "He spelled out the word acrophonically") but that wouldn't necessarily point to the NATO alphabet without further qualification.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I mean the verb for speaking audibly over a crappy phone or radio connection.
"Sorry I cannot hear if you are saying "F" or "S" would you please ----?"
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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spell?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I doubt that. I am pretty sure "spell it out" could be speaking like: "S", "S", "L".
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I think I'd just ask them to spell it phonetically or just prompt them with "Is that F for foxtrot, S for sierra?"
If there is a specific word for it - and I doubt that there is - it would be so obscure that they wouldn't recognise it over a crackly 'phone line.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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icaoing?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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If there were, very few people would know what you mean when you say it. 
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There is none; and you'd have to specify which phonetic alphabet, as there are multiple in use. As a programmer I never learned the "proper" words that go with each letter (except Utrecht), so I keep making new words up on the spot.
CodeProject. Cow, Opening, Donkey, Eek*, Pizza, Rats, Oven, Joker, Ethereum, Crap, Tippetytoe.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Phoneticize? ..as in, 'can you please phoneticize that last word?' (spell checker disagrees)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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SELECT DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,GETDATE(),@rundate),GETDATE()) - [ProcessSchedule].[LastRunTime] As [Difference]
So - intention is wonderfully opaque there then.
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How long has it been since it last ran? 
Am I the unofficial winner of an official no-prize? 
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Would the task have been overdue if we were at the current time on the date at which the task was due.
A very bad piece of code for a very bad business need.
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Nice to see that DD still has a foothold in programming, despite his venture into politics.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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So I have started reading the book , and on chapter 6 Functions, 6.3 Return Types and the return statement, he says :
"Return from main
There is one exception to the rule that a function with a return type other than
void must return a value: The main function is allowed to terminate without a
return. If control reaches the end of main and there is no return, then the compiler
implicitly inserts a return of 0".
And I am thinking :
What? Why mr. Lippman ? why do you have to express a simple idea in such a complicated way , and mention something that is on the edge of inaccuracy ? You should say :
There is NO exception to the rule that a function with a return type other than
void must return a value. But because we , the programmers , do not like to type things when not necessary , the compiler lets us omit typing explicitly the return 0; in function main.So instead of
int main() {
return 0;
}
you are allowed to type
int main() {
}
and the compiler will happily insert the implicit return 0; so main() returns a value as it should.
I know it is slightly longer as text , but it is what you should mention.
I have many other examples from this book on which I could complain. Generally it is a correct book , and anyone who wants to learn C++ cannot avoid it, but although the information is there (and it is correct) it always fails to present that information in a way that will help you to remember it , or fails to aid in categorizing and summarizing the new information. I constantly feel that the only way for this book to be useful is to use it as a primary trustful source for writing my own notes (and they would be as many pages as the book !). But anyway , I am doing all the exercises , and keep reading.
I plan to read on parallel the book from I.Horton, Beginning C++ (2015 edition) to get some coverage for C++14.
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geodoom wrote: the compiler lets us
The standard doesn't. Which compiler? Under which conditions?
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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According to this post on Stack Overflow the standard does say that if no return is hit in main, the effect is that of return 0;.
I've not verified the quote.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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It seems I confused C standard with C++. Thanks.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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 15 years ago I tried to read a book by him, but I fell asleep when I got to:
"Lippma
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Take a look at this code
static int test()
{
int \u0066\u006F\u006F;
return \u0066\u006F\u006F;
}
Did you know you could do that? I didn't - I knew you could use unicode identifiers (though I never see them in real code), but this is a whole other level of madness.
Obviously that variable is being used but is uninitialized. Try to guess what the compile error will be.
It's not "Use of unassigned local variable '\u0066\u006F\u006F'".
At least it is consistent though, it seems that identifiers written in that style are considered to be identical to the decoded version, so you can mix it with simplify writing it down, and it shows up in intellisense in decoded form and so on.
It gets better. int is a keyword, so it's blue and you can't use it as a name for a local variable except with the @-prefix. So, this works:
int \u0069\u006E\u0074 = 0;
@int++;
That second line can be typed with intellisense auto-completion! That clever bastard knows about the variable called "int" and knows it had better put the @-prefix in front too, just typing "i" calls it up in the pop-up menu. On the other hand, the tool tip for the "int" entry also shows "(local variable) int int", but this is an entry with the value type icon. (this was all in VS2010, it may have changed since then)
In total, I'm not sure whether to feel impressed or disgusted, or a bit of both.
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I added the static method test() to a LINQPad script and it showed a squiggly line on the return statement.
When I floated over it the error message is:
CS0165 Use of unassiged local variable 'foo'
That makes sense.
I set the value to 34 on the first line and it works. Wow. Never knew.
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