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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-29 14:48:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 16:17:04 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 991171025 151.168.144.162 (Tue, 29 May 2001 17:17:05 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:17:05 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10168 comp.lang.ada:7859 comp.lang.awk:2636 comp.lang.clarion:20580 comp.lang.java.programmer:71784 comp.lang.pl1:680 comp.lang.vrml:3377 Date: 2001-05-29T16:17:04-05:00 List-Id: > I once saw some code which used (in the same namespace) identifiers > PassThruID and PassThroughIDs. They were apparently introduced And I once had to use a 200-page set of program documentation, upper-case only, poor quality, line-printer output, in which it was very important not to confuse the two modes of the software: EXECUTIVE and EXECUTION The issue is not short or long, it's readability and likelihood of error. From that viewpoint, I find it hard to understand why, in the name of "consistency" some folks _vociferously_ castigate those of us who prefer View_Preferences_General_Options_Action over viewPreferencesGeneralOptionsAction -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau