In many programming languages, char is a type name for character values. The word character is pronounced with a [k] sound, but what about char? While trying to find the answer elsewhere, I learnt that there is an English word char which is pronounced [tʃɑ:(r)], but it has nothing to do with characters. How would you read the following piece of code out loud? char a; Is it [kær], [tʃær] or [tʃɑ:(r
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