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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Types,
 packages & objects : the good old naming conventions question (without
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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:41:17 +0000 (UTC)
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> - Which group finishes first?
> - Which group can change things faster than the other?
> - Again?
> - Which group's members are better at explaining
>   the software?
>
> Etc.

Etc.
  - Give the software to another group that has never seen it and
    see how quickly, and how correctly, they understand and can
    make changes to it.
  - People differ.  You may not find that one style is consistently
    better for all programmers.  Can you find a way to tell which
    style is better for a particular programmer to write or for
    a particular programmer to read, and use that information in
    making your programming and maintenance assignments?

>  Does such a study exist?  If not, why not?
Perhaps such a study has been conducted, either formally or
informally, and it did not appear there was a large, clear,
benefit to one style or the other, so the decision was made,
either explicitly or implicitly, to leave the choice up to
the particular programmer or team.