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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,af40e09e753872c X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f8c65,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c65,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f292779560fb8442 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1008e3,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1008e3,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public From: slary61@maine.maine.edu Subject: Re: Hungarian notation Date: 1996/05/24 Message-ID: <4o35bu$ut8@sol.caps.maine.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 156422259 references: <4adem2$b5s@mercury.IntNet.net> <4n6off$6e2@mikasa.iol.it> <3198F30F.2A2@zurich.ibm.com> <4nsg3f$liu@solutions.solon.com> <31a3b322.442404233@sqarc> organization: University of Maine System newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.modula2,comp.edu,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1996-05-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote: > Hungarian notation is certainly a remarkable demonstration of how few people > have learned and understood data abstraction. What's most interesting is > how difficult it is for its advocates to see this point, but I suppose that > is not surprising. If you never understood what abstraction is about, then > of course adopting a notation that destroys it will not concern you. Perhaps Bill Gates will be contacting you for that explanation. Although the examples you cite support your opinion, the bottom line is that some of the largest software developers in the world insist on code using Hungarian Notation. Why?