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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign
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Date: 1997/05/11
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<<I think this is an important point.  For identifiers that have small scope,
almost any name will do if it has some mnemonic value.  Because I don't like
to even remember which abbreviation was chosen, I use single letter variable
names for temporaries in small functions whenever possible.>>

For me that goes too far, I have seen far too much code with cryptic
one letter identifiers like D, where short names would have helped a 
lot (something like Depth). Interestingly, I note that this preference
for one letter identifiers often seems to go along with an allergy to
writing comments.