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bin & lib, or bine & libe?

Here's a trivia question: How do you call your bin and lib directories?

I've always call my bin the "bin" directory and my lib the "libe" directory.

I didn't realize the inconsistency in my convention until recently: If I call lib libe because it is short for libraries, then I should call bin bine because it is short for binaries.

Right?

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Posted by Weiqi Gao on May 25, 2004 8:05:06 AM CDT #


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Re: bin & lib, or bine & libe?

Comment from Anthony Eden on May 25, 2004 8:18:07 AM CDT #
bin and lib ... you called them that yourself at the beginning of the post, why would you choose something different?
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Re: bin & lib, or bine & libe?

Comment from Zhicheng on May 25, 2004 9:39:12 AM CDT #
I guess Weiqi meant how to pronounce lib & bin. I pronounce the
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Re: bin & lib, or bine & libe?

Comment from Mike Shoemaker on May 25, 2004 12:37:36 PM CDT #
Interesting post. I pronounce them exactly as you do and didn't realize the inconsitency until you mentioned it. Weird.
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Re: bin & lib, or bine & libe?

Comment from JoeWood on November 18, 2004 12:38:24 PM CST #
How do you pronounce 'char' - is it 'car'? How about 'enum' - is it 'enume'? What about 'lib' - is it 'libe'? I've always said 'char', 'bin', 'lib' - say it as it looks, life's complicated enough already.

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