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: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-25 22:55:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: "Jakob Bieling" Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ISO Studies of underscores vs MixedCase in Ada or C++ Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 07:54:51 +0200 Organization: T-Online Message-ID: References: <2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1064555656 07 23793 4PoqVxzVS0AEx0 030926 05:54:16 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: S3FyDOZX8e2JivFn9jssQJeXFuTi+rdjIQHy86vhtsp50XTi8MIkZr X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.software-eng:20794 comp.programming:63270 comp.lang.c++:245075 comp.lang.ada:42966 Date: 2003-09-26T07:54:51+02:00 List-Id: "Andy Glew" wrote in message news:2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com... [snip] > Specifically, are names formed with > underscores more or less readable > than names formed with MixedCase > StudlyCaps camelCase? Write a large text (several lines) with mixed-case and the same again with underscores. Then give it people to read and ask them what they find easier to read. I would not be surprised if the majority favours the text with underscores. [snip] > The Ada 83 and 95 Quality Guidelines recommend > underscores to improve readability, but provide > no source justifying this statement. The underscore can easily be view as a space which seperates the words, whereas mixed-case does not provide a seperation like that, but rather a 'large' here-comes-a-new-word-mark (ie. the captial letter). The problem I see with this: non-captial letters can be 'large' as well. just have a look at the 't', 'h' etc, which, imo, does not make reading a mixed-case text easier. Personally, I prefer underscore for the reason above. Just my .02c -- jb (replace y with x if you want to reply by e-mail)