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: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-02 12:28:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rosten" 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 ? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 21:28:52 +0100 Organization: Oxford University, England Message-ID: <9fbepj$7dc$3@news.ox.ac.uk> References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: catz-7af.stcatz.ox.ac.uk X-Trace: news.ox.ac.uk 991510131 7596 129.67.7.175 (2 Jun 2001 19:28:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@ox.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 19:28:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.9.2 (Unix) X-No-Productlinks: Yes Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10339 comp.lang.ada:8020 comp.lang.awk:2700 comp.lang.clarion:20911 comp.lang.java.programmer:73026 comp.lang.pl1:710 comp.lang.vrml:3435 Date: 2001-06-02T21:28:52+01:00 List-Id: > On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 13:50:22 -0000, revbob@the.rectory (Rev. Bob 'Bob' > Crispen) wrote or quoted : > >>That is, plural for type names, singular for object names. > > > I still have not made up my mind if array names should be plural. This is probably another of those holy war type things, but they always made sense to me as singular, since to me English works more like that. Eg, if you had a bunch of objects (apples, for example) in a row, you would refer to apple[5] as the 5th apple, not the 5th apples. That's why I would write the array as apple[] not apples[]. -Ed -- (You can't go wrong with psycho-rats.) (u98ejr)(@)(ecs.ox)(.ac.uk) /d{def}def/f{/Times-Roman findfont s scalefont setfont}d/s{10}d/r{roll}d f 5 -1 r 230 350 moveto 0 1 179{2 1 r dup show 2 1 r 88 rotate 4 mul 0 rmoveto}for/s 15 d f pop 240 420 moveto 0 1 3 {4 2 1 r sub -1 r show}for showpage