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: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-01 08:35:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!feeder.qis.net!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: <3B17B643.7150547F@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$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 10:35:31 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 991409736 151.168.144.162 (Fri, 01 Jun 2001 11:35:36 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 11:35:36 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10315 comp.lang.ada:7982 comp.lang.awk:2679 comp.lang.clarion:20809 comp.lang.java.programmer:72711 comp.lang.pl1:696 comp.lang.vrml:3415 Date: 2001-06-01T10:35:31-05:00 List-Id: > > That's why consistency is a valid goal. Java *does* have a nearly universal > > convention on naming of identifiers, and that makes things much easier, as > > long as people follow it. "As long as people follow it" -- a pipe dream. Depending on a convention that in turn depends on the goodness of human nature is betting Murphy that his law doesn't apply. Plus, this convention assumes that knowing the implementation details is more important than understanding the requirements (abstractions). One of the reasons Ada works so well is that its users know the opposite is (usually) true. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau