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: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-27 17:24:15 PST Path: news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!news.uni-stuttgart.de!carbon.eu.sun.com!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: Ian Woods Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ISO Studies of underscores vs MixedCase in Ada or C++ Followup-To: comp.software-eng,comp.programming Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 00:23:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: newspub2@wuggyNOCAPS.org Message-ID: References: <2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-128-203-53.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: titan.btinternet.com 1064708631 27695 81.128.203.53 (28 Sep 2003 00:23:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 00:23:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Xref: news1.google.com comp.software-eng:20 comp.programming:162 comp.lang.c++:372 comp.lang.ada:52 Date: 2003-09-28T00:23:51+00:00 List-Id: Richard Heathfield wrote in news:bl4e95$re2$2@hercules.btinternet.com: > [Uncomfortable with crosspost, but not sure which groups to trim] > > Jack Klein wrote: > >> >> Interestingly I see a lot of programmers who prefer CamelMode for >> function names, yet prefer under_scores in variable names. In every >> single case where I have checked, the programmer has done at least >> some coding for Windows and its Pascal, BASIC, etc., API. And in >> every single case they claim that is not where their style came from. >> Go figure. > > Add another one to your tally. I have written a fair few Windows > programs. But /before/ that, I had already invented MixedCase for > myself. I was quite pleased, actually, to discover that the Windows > API people had copied my style. :-) Indeed! It's not exactly a huge leap of imagination to go from somename to realise that someName or SomeName is generally easier to spot. I'm just wondering when someone will pull out a patent on such an obvious thing. Ian Woods