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: 109fba,d95b511473b3a931 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d95b511473b3a931 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,d95b511473b3a931 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: rahill@mind.net (Russel A Hill) Subject: Re: Language Choice and Coding style Date: 1996/07/08 Message-ID: <4rqah7$6np@sun.quiknet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 167240439 references: <4r7cnq$g57@sun.quiknet.com> content-type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII organization: Virtual Genetic Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-07-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , dewar@cs.nyu.edu says... >Well I don't know if we are commnitacting clearly, but if I understand >your point, it is in fact the case that Algol 60 allowed spaces in >identifiers, and this was common usage (see the Algol 60 report for >examples). Point taken. I don't pretend to know Algol 60 or keep up on every language spec published. In the C++ world, spaces are not allowed in identifier names, therefore we must resort to other mechanisms to enhance readability. -- Russel A. Hill / Virtual Genetic Systems 2981 Highway 66; Ashland, OR 97520 Voice: 541-488-8906 / 800-460-8064 Fax: 541-488-0039 E-mail: rahill@mind.net URL: http://www.mind.net/virtualgenetics/