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: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-27 12:40:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!mtu.ru!news.rosnet.ru!newsfeed.rt.ru!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!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: Sun, 27 May 2001 20:36:13 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1130B0.418BECBA@webnexus.com> <3B114F39.540DF7C1@flash.net> Organization: Peramon Technology Ltd. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.30 NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.peramon.com X-Trace: 990992177 reading.news.pipex.net 12245 193.132.195.125 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10011 comp.lang.ada:7818 comp.lang.awk:2620 comp.lang.clarion:20423 comp.lang.java.programmer:71156 comp.lang.pl1:671 comp.lang.vrml:3357 Date: 2001-05-27T20:36:13+01:00 List-Id: Gary Scott wrote: > I have probably 500-1000 routines of this type virtually memorized > (between GDDM and GINO) with many of the parameter types and value > ranges memorized as well. Once you've been programming this way for 20 > years, it isn't difficult at all to read the code. Obviously not easy > for a novice or someone unfamiliar with the libraries to do so. And that last point is the killer one. How much of the time spent looking at a program is done when it's in development, compared with when it's in maintenance? How likely is it that you'll be the one doing the maintenance? (In some cases, the answer *may* be "very likely", but in far from all.) -- Jon Skeet - skeet@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~skeet If replying to the group, please don't mail me at the same time