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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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        • 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.

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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:

            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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            • 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 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


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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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                  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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                  • 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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                    Hans Dietrich
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                    why_the_hell_is_XML_always_capitalized?

                    Best wishes, Hans


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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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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      #38

                      Huh? I thought it was ForTran. :confused:

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                      • H Hans Dietrich

                        why_the_hell_is_XML_always_capitalized?

                        Best wishes, Hans


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                        PIEBALDconsult
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                        #39

                        Capitalized? No. Leveraged? Yes. :-D

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                        • D Douglas Troy

                          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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                          Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                          That was a typo. here is the actual code.

                          [myPrecious loadDataFromXML];

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                          • J Jim SS

                            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:

                            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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                            Much better.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            • P PIEBALDconsult

                              Huh? I thought it was ForTran. :confused:

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                              Gary Wheeler
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                              FORmula TRANslation[^]

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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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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                                Le centriste
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                                Put on smart-ass hat

                                Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                                This is known as Pascal-case. Camel case version would have a small "g" at the beginning. Take off smart-ass hat

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                                • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                  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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                                  OriginalGriff
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                                  I agree, but prefer

                                  void MyMagicFunc(LPVOID pParams)
                                  {
                                  if(!pParams)
                                  {
                                  HandleError();
                                  }
                                  //stuff goes here
                                  }

                                  Dunno why, been using it since I started with C (so it was probably a company style thing at the time). Either way, it is a lot clearer how the brackets match up.

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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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                                    CPallini
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                                    No Camelcase, no Pascal, no undescores, no hyphen. Method names should be like foo() or goo() (names like send() and recv(), deprecated, are allowed only if you're in a poetic mood). :)

                                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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                                    • L Le centriste

                                      Put on smart-ass hat

                                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                      GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                                      This is known as Pascal-case. Camel case version would have a small "g" at the beginning. Take off smart-ass hat

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                                      Nemanja Trifunovic
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                                      #46

                                      And for the third time in this thread: depends whom you ask[^].

                                      Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                                      • H Hans Dietrich

                                        why_the_hell_is_XML_always_capitalized?

                                        Best wishes, Hans


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                                        Dan Neely
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                                        DunnoIAlwaysDoThisWhenPuttingXmlInACamelCaseString

                                        Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                          DunnoIAlwaysDoThisWhenPuttingXmlInACamelCaseString

                                          Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                          Hans Dietrich
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                                          YeahMeToo

                                          Best wishes, Hans


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