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: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-26 11:02:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Mike Smith 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 14:02:33 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030702 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com> <3F7467CB.4EAF48AD@raytheon.com> <1064595105.242807@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> In-Reply-To: <1064595105.242807@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.software-eng:20809 comp.programming:63332 comp.lang.c++:245181 comp.lang.ada:43009 Date: 2003-09-26T14:02:33-04:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > Randy King wrote: > >> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer >> inwaht orredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is >> taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a >> total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae >> the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, butthe wrod as a >> wlohe. Aolbsulty amzanig huh? > > > "Anidroccg to crad cniyrrag lcitsiugnis planoissefors at an uemannd, > utisreviny in Bsitirh Cibmuloa, and crartnoy to the duoibus cmials > of the ueticnd rcraeseh, a slpmie, macinahcel ioisrevnn of ianretnl > cretcarahs araepps sneiciffut to csufnoe the eadyrevy oekoolnr." Yes, it's possible to take it *too* far. But I *was* able to read the quoted text at maybe half the speed at which I could have read it if it were spelled correctly. And the text in Randy King's post is even more readable than that - I can read it at almost full speed. -- Mike Smith