Re: ISO Studies of underscores vs MixedCase in Ada or C++

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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> Hyman Rosen wrote:
> 
> > Randy King wrote:
> >
> >> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
> >> inwaht orredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
> >> taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
> >> total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
> >> the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, butthe wrod as a
> >> wlohe. Aolbsulty amzanig huh?
> >
> >
> >     "Anidroccg to crad cniyrrag lcitsiugnis planoissefors at an uemannd,
> >      utisreviny in Bsitirh Cibmuloa, and crartnoy to the duoibus cmials
> >      of the ueticnd rcraeseh, a slpmie, macinahcel ioisrevnn of ianretnl
> >      cretcarahs araepps sneiciffut to csufnoe the eadyrevy oekoolnr."
> 
> Yes, it's possible to take it *too* far.  But I *was* able to read the
> quoted text at maybe half the speed at which I could have read it if it
> were spelled correctly.  And the text in Randy King's post is even more
> readable than that - I can read it at almost full speed.


That's because it's not well scrambled at all. Examine the larger words,
they almost all have large unchanged or barely changed segments. Most of
the time double letter combos are kept together, very little reversal of
segments. I think the given example (I've received it many times) does
not provide much evidence for the contention at all.



Brian Rodenborn