[OT?] Pronunciation of "strcpy"

[Joona I Palaste]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or
British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

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[cody]

"Str-Copy" or "String-Copy" as the name stands for that.

 

[Joona I Palaste]

"Str-Copy" or "String-Copy" as the name stands for that.

How exactly do you say the "Str-Copy" pronunciation? "Es Tee Ar Copy"?
"Struhcopy"? Or how?

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[Ben Pfaff]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or
British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

In my experience, "stir" is a common way to pronounce "str".
Sometimes I say "string" instead, but "string copy" sounds more
like a generic operation name than the name of a specific
function.

 

[Mike Wahler]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or
British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

The bytes are copied by stirring electrons [1], so
it's pronounced "stir copy."

[1] Beware of using 'strcpy()' when the source and
destination areas overlap. This can make the stirring
action cause the electrons to get too close together,
possibly resulting in a nuclear explosion. This actually
might or might not happen, so the language just calls the
behavior 'undefined'.


-Mike

 

[Irrwahn Grausewitz]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or
British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

As for me, I just pronounce it "Str-Copy" - no vowels in the
"Str"-part; sounds a bit like Polish or Russian.

Or just "String-Copy", of course.

Irrwahn

 

[cody]

How exactly do you say the "Str-Copy" pronunciation? "Es Tee Ar Copy"?

"Struhcopy"? Or how?

Str (pronounces exactly like string just without -ing)

 

[cody]

The bytes are copied by stirring electrons [1], so
it's pronounced "stir copy."

[1] Beware of using 'strcpy()' when the source and
destination areas overlap. This can make the stirring
action cause the electrons to get too close together,
possibly resulting in a nuclear explosion. This actually
might or might not happen, so the language just calls the
behavior 'undefined'.

muharhar

 

[Richard Heathfield]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or
British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

I pronounce strcpy like this: strcpy

That is, "str" as in "string without the ing", and "cpy" as a hard c sound
followed by the "py" sound that you get in "copy". No "o" sound.

In other words, I pronounce it just as it is spelt. I concede that
introducing a short 'o' would do little or no damage to comprehension.

 

[Josh Sebastian]

I pronounce strcpy like this: strcpy

That is, "str" as in "string without the ing", and "cpy" as a hard c sound
followed by the "py" sound that you get in "copy". No "o" sound.

In other words, I pronounce it just as it is spelt. I concede that
introducing a short 'o' would do little or no damage to comprehension.

Just as it's inevitable that a short vowel sound will be inserted between
the 'c' and the 'p' (as you alluded to), a short vowel sound also must be
inserted either between the 't' and the 'r' or the 'r' and the 'c':
"stir-copy" or "struh-copy". The main difference between these two
pronunciations is how the 't' sounds. In the former, we have a hard,
traditional 't', as found in "tail" and "state". In the latter, we have a
softer, more "ch"-like sound, as in "trail" or "strange".

Josh

 

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

I pronounce strcpy like this: strcpy

That is, "str" as in "string without the ing", and "cpy" as a hard c sound
followed by the "py" sound that you get in "copy". No "o" sound.

In other words, I pronounce it just as it is spelt. I concede that
introducing a short 'o' would do little or no damage to comprehension.

I French, we generally spell 'str' and prononce 'cpy' as 'copy', hence we say
"Ess Tai Er Copy".

Sometimes, we spell the whole:
"Ess Tai Er Sai Pai E-grek"

 

[cody]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or

British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

finally, it really doesn't matter how you pronounce it. the only important
thing is that a c programmer understand what you mean, thats all.

 

[Peter Nilsson]

In my experience, "stir" is a common way to pronounce "str".
Sometimes I say "string" instead, but "string copy" sounds more
like a generic operation name than the name of a specific
function.

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

 

[Serve La]

I was at the ESEC/FSE 2003 conference, and some people (American or
British or whatever) were giving a talk about their program which finds
buffer overflows in C code. Someone asked them a question about how they
detect buffer overflows in strcpy(). The person pronounced it something
like "stir-copy". Is this pronunciation often used? Are there others?

I would be more interested in strpbrk and strrchr

 

[Daniel Haude]

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:45:23 +0000 (UTC),

I pronounce strcpy like this: strcpy

Guys, guys. Either the Standard defines the pronunciation of C
standard library functions and keywords, in which case the
discussion would be over with a simple pointer to the relevant
section. Or (indeed) it doesn't, so this thread is off-topic. I must
ask you to stop this.

--Daniel

 

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

I would be more interested in strpbrk and strrchr

Ess Tai Er Pai Bai Er Ka
Ess Tai Er Sai Ash Er

I understand why programmers speak a few, but write a lot!

 

[Richard Heathfield]

Guys, guys. Either the Standard defines the pronunciation of C
standard library functions and keywords, in which case the
discussion would be over with a simple pointer to the relevant
section. Or (indeed) it doesn't, so this thread is off-topic. I must
ask you to stop this.

I agree that it's silly, but I don't agree that it's off-topic.

There is more to comp.lang.c than 9899 pointers.

 

[cody]

I would be more interested in strpbrk and strrchr


strrchr mean String-Right-Character but what does strpbrk mean?
i know what it does do but what does the name stand for?

 

[Serve La]

strrchr mean String-Right-Character but what does strpbrk mean?
i know what it does do but what does the name stand for?

I wanted to know this some time ago so I looked it up with google. The info
that I found was that nobody knows for sure, but it seems to come from
SNOBOL's BREAK statement. So my guess is string pointer break.

 

[Steve Zimmerman]

>
>
> strrchr mean String-Right-Character but what does strpbrk mean?
> i know what it does do but what does the name stand for?
>
> --
> cody

My guess: `string pointer break',

<lame humour>

which is not to be confused with sprbrk (spring break).
Also, some commentators claim that strpbrk means
"[str]ing [p]ower inary [r]ead ac[k]nowledgment,"
but this is highly unlikely.

</lame humour>


--Steve