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: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-25 10:39:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org 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 ? References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 17:35:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 990812132 24.7.82.199 (Fri, 25 May 2001 10:35:32 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:35:32 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:9911 comp.lang.ada:7773 comp.lang.awk:2598 comp.lang.clarion:20357 comp.lang.java.programmer:70778 comp.lang.pl1:638 comp.lang.vrml:3324 Date: 2001-05-25T17:35:32+00:00 List-Id: > Anybody use variables/names longer than 31 character > ... > I have folks here in comp.lang.fortran who will die claiming that > [various objections to long names] There may actually exist data on this normally faith-based question: Section 3.3, "Naming Conventions", in "Ada Quality and Style - Guidelines for Professional Programmers" says "... you can further improve comprehension if your variable names are not excessively long." and references p.7 of Schneiderman, B. 1986 "Empirical Studies of Programmers: The Territory, Paths and Destinations" in "Empirical Studies of Programmers" ed. E. Soloway and S. Iyengar.