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: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-05 12:42:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!newsfeed.online.be!iguano.antw.online.be!not-for-mail From: Dirk Bosmans 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 ? Message-ID: References: <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:44:31 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.112.12.206 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@noc.online.be X-Trace: iguano.antw.online.be 991770129 62.112.12.206 (Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:42:09 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:42:09 MET DST Organization: Customer of TijdNet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10400 comp.lang.ada:8188 comp.lang.awk:2786 comp.lang.clarion:21141 comp.lang.java.programmer:73800 comp.lang.pl1:780 comp.lang.vrml:3517 Date: 2001-06-05T21:44:31+02:00 List-Id: I'm responding to following parts of Roedy Green 's article in comp.lang.java.programmer on Mon, 04 Jun 2001 22:26:20 GMT6 >On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:46:36 -0400, "Marin David Condic" > wrote or quoted : > >> Hence the reason Ada was >>designed with readability in mind rather than attempting to save keystrokes. > >There is a general rule though, that a terser program makes it easier >to see the big picture. You can get more of it on screen at once. >Use of smaller methods so can easily see the whole flow of a method in >a single screen full, without getting bogged in too much detail, >really helps. > >Rapid navigation tools similarly help. See >http://mindprod.com/scid.html. > >What I find so strange is something as simple as variable >sized/coloured {} and () to make visual balancing easier still has not >caught on. Do you mean the way they are highlighted in Excell formules? Wonderfull, isn't it. On each IDE review I write I mention this in the TODO list. > >Perhaps if we had more females in the tool design process they would >not be so macho about insisting on making programming uncomfortable >and difficult. > > > >For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in >the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html >If you don't see what you were looking for, complain! >or send your contribution for the glossary. Greetings, Dirk Bosmans Java tools at http://users.belgacombusiness.net/arci/ - Cramfull Resource Compiler library (NEW) - Applicet Framework: turns Applets into Applications - ArciMath BigDecimal: now with BigDecimalFormat