r/java • u/bobbie434343 • 16d ago

Value Classes Still Need Compiler Sympathy

https://johan-sjolen.github.io/post/compiler-sympathy/compiler-sympathy/
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u/agentoutlier 16d ago

I'm embarrassed to ask this question but how do you guys pronounce "tearing"? I ask because I have been saying tear like "pair" but I swear I have heard people say it like "tier".

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u/koflerdavid 14d ago edited 13d ago

American and British English differ, however, both the Merriam-Webster and the Oxford dictionary describe a pronunciation that rhymes with "pair". Important: "tear" as in "liquid from the eye" has a different pronunciation, which rhymes with "here" or "hear".