Jun. 21st, 2016

I noticed yesterday after writing a comment in some code that one of my writing habits had changed, without me really noticing. So I thought I'd see what other people's opinions were.

Poll #17528 A regular holy war

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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How do you write 'regular expression' in abbreviated form?

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regexp
11 (30.6%)

regex
24 (66.7%)

Something else
0 (0.0%)

I only ever write it unabbreviated
0 (0.0%)

I don't ever write it at all
1 (2.8%)

How do you pronounce the g in regexp / regex ?

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Hard, like in 'regular' (IPA /ɡ/)
23 (60.5%)

Soft, like in 'Reginald' (IPA /dʒ/)
13 (34.2%)

Something else
1 (2.6%)

I never pronounce these abbreviations
1 (2.6%)