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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-27 09:36:04 PST Path: news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: Richard Heathfield 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: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: None Message-ID: References: <2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com> Reply-To: binary@eton.powernet.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: dial81-131-193-158.in-addr.btopenworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: hercules.btinternet.com 1064680550 28098 81.131.193.158 (27 Sep 2003 16:35:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:35:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Xref: news1.google.com comp.software-eng:13 comp.programming:98 comp.lang.c++:198 comp.lang.ada:38 Date: 2003-09-27T16:35:50+00:00 List-Id: [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. :-) -- Richard Heathfield : binary@eton.powernet.co.uk "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999. C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html K&R answers, C books, etc: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton