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From: slary61@maine.maine.edu
Subject: Re: Hungarian notation
Date: 1996/05/21
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Date: 1996-05-21T00:00:00+00:00
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mab@dst17.wdl.loral.com (Mark A Biggar) wrote:
>
> Hungarian notation's biggest flaw is that it promotes a massive confusion
> between physical and abstract typing.  By embedding the physical type
> of an object into its name you violate very principal of information
> hiding that ever existed.  Just say NO!.

Could you explain this in simple terms.
Perhaps an example.

Thanks.

Scott