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  • H hairy_hats

    Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

    how many time did you have to press Shift?

    As you have to press Shift to get an underscore, I'd say about the same.

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    Nemanja Trifunovic
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    Steve_Harris wrote:

    As you have to press Shift to get an underscore, I'd say about the same.

    Exactly - which is why I said that underscores are easy to read but hard to write.

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      You're tea is ready, sir. One hump or two?

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      Nemanja Trifunovic
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      Who is correct? Depends on whom you ask[^] :)

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      • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

        I prefer:

        [myPreciousData loadFromXmlFile];

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        Douglas Troy
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        I can almost see you sitting in front of your computer, Rama, hunched over ... coveting your code ... whispering ... It is ... My Precious ... :rolleyes:

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        • N Nemanja Trifunovic

          Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

          GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

          With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

          get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

          And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

          getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

          Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

          (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

          I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

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          BonshatS
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          I prefer CamelCase w/underscores. It's more difficult to write, but for me it's much better than trying to read a wall of text making my eyes spend x times more time on the line.

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          • J Jim Crafton

            Slow day? Feel the need for a completely arbitrary flamewar? I'll bite :)

            Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

            With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write: get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

            That makes my stomach churn. For no other reason that typing the underscore is a PITA. I find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing, at least to my eyes.

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            Nemanja Trifunovic
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            Jim Crafton wrote:

            Slow day?

            On the contrary - a busy day and I need to vent :)

            Jim Crafton wrote:

            That makes my stomach churn. For no other reason that typing the underscore is a PITA. I find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing, at least to my eyes

            Do I see a contradiction here? It makes your stomach churn for no other reason than typing, and then you say you find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing? Anyway, I can't argue with the "aesthetically pleasing" part, but it is equally hard to type.

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            • N Nemanja Trifunovic

              Computafreak wrote:

              IHaveNeverReallyHadThisProblemBecauseIFindItEasyToBothReadAndWrit

              You find that easy to read? :~ As for ease of writing, how many time did you have to press Shift?

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              0x3c0
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              17 times. But I normally have my right little finger roughly over the right Shift button anyway, so this is quicker for me to type

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              • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                Rajesh R Subramanian
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                Things like these are a matter of personal preference. Talking about code formatting, I call people who do this a rogue:

                void MyMagicFunc(LPVOID pParams){

                if(!pParams){
                HandleError();
                }

                //stuff goes here
                }

                I much prefer this instead:

                void MyMagicFunc(LPVOID pParams)
                {
                if(!pParams)
                {
                HandleError();
                }

                //stuff goes here
                }

                But, I'm well prepared to be called a rogue by those who don't like my style, as everyone may not like the same way of doing things. :) [ADDED] Just noticed the camel casing in my post. [/ADDED]

                It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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                • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                  Slow day?

                  On the contrary - a busy day and I need to vent :)

                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                  That makes my stomach churn. For no other reason that typing the underscore is a PITA. I find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing, at least to my eyes

                  Do I see a contradiction here? It makes your stomach churn for no other reason than typing, and then you say you find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing? Anyway, I can't argue with the "aesthetically pleasing" part, but it is equally hard to type.

                  Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                  Jim Crafton
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                  Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                  Do I see a contradiction here?

                  But of course! This is all completely subjective, except for the fact that I'm right and you're wrong, VIM sucks, and using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists.

                  ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh

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                  • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                    Steve_Harris wrote:

                    As you have to press Shift to get an underscore, I'd say about the same.

                    Exactly - which is why I said that underscores are easy to read but hard to write.

                    Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                    Russell Jones
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                    underscores overstretch my right little finger though and i wouldn't want to get RSI from continually typing underscores or hyphens

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                    • J Jim Crafton

                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                      Do I see a contradiction here?

                      But of course! This is all completely subjective, except for the fact that I'm right and you're wrong, VIM sucks, and using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists.

                      ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh

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                      Nemanja Trifunovic
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                      Jim Crafton wrote:

                      using the underscore as you're proposing

                      See - you got it all wrong - I am not proposing using the underscore, but switching to Lisp.

                      Jim Crafton wrote:

                      VIM sucks

                      OK sir, this is getting personal now. You can have an opinion on camel casing, but don't bad mouth The Editor.

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                      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                        Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                        GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                        With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                        get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                        And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                        getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                        Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                        (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                        I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                        Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                        Nish Nishant
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                        Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                        GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                        I find this to be quite readable.

                        Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                        get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                        On the other hand, this I find to be ugly and slightly harder to read. My brain is auto-wired to recognize a new word when it sees an upper case letter, but with an underscore not so much.

                        Regards, Nish


                        Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                        My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                        • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                          Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                          GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                          With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                          get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                          And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                          getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                          Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                          (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                          I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                          Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                          Jim SS
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                          What is all this camel case, pascal case, underscores. I don't need any of them if keep my variables to 6 characters (1 character is preferred). ;P p.s. see my signature

                          SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

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                          • J Jim SS

                            What is all this camel case, pascal case, underscores. I don't need any of them if keep my variables to 6 characters (1 character is preferred). ;P p.s. see my signature

                            SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

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                            Christopher Duncan
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                            Jim (SS) wrote:

                            "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill

                            If I could choose only one person in history to have a few drinks with...

                            Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com

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                            • R Russell Jones

                              underscores overstretch my right little finger though and i wouldn't want to get RSI from continually typing underscores or hyphens

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                              bulg
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                              Russell Jones wrote:

                              underscores overstretch my right little finger though and i wouldn't want to get RSI from continually typing underscores or hyphens

                              try using your right ring finger.

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                              • J Jim SS

                                What is all this camel case, pascal case, underscores. I don't need any of them if keep my variables to 6 characters (1 character is preferred). ;P p.s. see my signature

                                SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

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                                Gary Wheeler
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                                Jim (SS) wrote:

                                "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

                                Real programmers spell it FORTRAN like God, IBM, and other TLA's intended.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                  Do I see a contradiction here?

                                  But of course! This is all completely subjective, except for the fact that I'm right and you're wrong, VIM sucks, and using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists.

                                  ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh

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                                  bulg
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                                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                                  using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists

                                  You may be Right.

                                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                                  VIM sucks

                                  Then again, you're probably just lost. Try fid=2605.

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                                  • G Gary Wheeler

                                    Jim (SS) wrote:

                                    "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

                                    Real programmers spell it FORTRAN like God, IBM, and other TLA's intended.

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Jim SS
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                                    Gary Wheeler wrote:

                                    spell it FORTRAN

                                    I was wondering how many other people even knew that. Even C# and Java still allow GOTOs, so the statement is still true.:cool:

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                                    • N Nish Nishant

                                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                      GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                                      I find this to be quite readable.

                                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                      get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                                      On the other hand, this I find to be ugly and slightly harder to read. My brain is auto-wired to recognize a new word when it sees an upper case letter, but with an underscore not so much.

                                      Regards, Nish


                                      Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                      My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                                      Eytukan
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                                      So you are already here :laugh: . lol I was quickly looking for the "familiar" names that have replied to this thread. funny. You are there :)

                                      Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

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                                      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                        Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                                        GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                                        With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                                        get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                                        And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                                        getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                                        Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                                        (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                                        I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                                        Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                                        Eytukan
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                                        Camel for president.

                                        Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

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                                        • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                          Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                                          GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                                          With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                                          get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                                          And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                                          getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                                          Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                                          (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                                          I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                                          Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                                          Eytukan
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                                          Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                          getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                                          You are really cunning. :laugh: That's not a camel, that's a snake with a big ass. A real camel would look something like this:

                                          getMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile

                                          Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

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