From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d1df6bc3799debed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: Re: Not intended for use in medical, Date: 1997/05/12 Message-ID: <3377907B.46C8@this.message>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 241174216 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <3.0.32.19970423164855.00746db8@mail.4dcomm.com> <5kmek2$9re@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <5ktldo$2pp@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kaz Kylheku wrote: > What's the point of calling something ``Loop_Counter'' instead of ``i''? A good Ada programmer will often choose something with some meaning rather than _either_ `Loop_Counter'' or ``i'' for Hue in Colors loop .... > I can't think of a reasonable name to give to the two intermediate > cipher blocks other than 'a' and 'b'. If there is no meaningful name possible then short meaningless names are better than long meaningless names. It appears that your example was this way. But in other examples, inability to think of a meaningful name comes from not thinking enough of a meaningful design. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be w w g r o l at p s e u l t 0 1 dot f w dot h a c dot c o m SPAM should be sent to I.want.one@mailbombs.for.idiots.org If you don't want to pay $500 (see 47 USC 227), don't send it here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------