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: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,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-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-25 14:24:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!mtu.ru!news.rosnet.ru!newsfeed.rt.ru!news.algonet.se!algonet!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet!newsfeed.icl.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!lnewspeer00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!lnewspost00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Jon Skeet 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: Fri, 25 May 2001 22:23:16 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> Organization: Peramon Technology Ltd. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.30 NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.peramon.com X-Trace: 990825799 reading.news.pipex.net 12241 193.132.195.125 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:9927 comp.lang.ada:7781 comp.lang.awk:2603 comp.lang.clarion:20374 comp.lang.java.programmer:70869 comp.lang.pl1:642 comp.lang.vrml:3329 Date: 2001-05-25T22:23:16+01:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org wrote: > > 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. Note that data which was accurate in 1986 may not be applicable now - screen space isn't at quite such a premium now, and syntax highlighting (maybe it was available then; I don't know) helps readability too. -- Jon Skeet - skeet@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~skeet If replying to the group, please don't mail me at the same time