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  • Subject: Re: Ldate and opnqryf question
  • From: "Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 22:22:06 -0500

> I prefer the double-quote over multiple single quotes (ticks)
>
> BTW, a fellow programmer who came out of Cittone Institute here in NJ was
the first one to use the
> "tick".  I think it sounds nuts to say "tick".  He also says "Splat" for
asterisk!

I say "tick" all the time. I usually say "star" for asterisk, although
"splat" is used quite often too.

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