On 06-03-2012 19:49, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"H. S. Teoh"<hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote in message
news:mailman.70.1331058850.4860.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
But my point stands, that I find many of
these names just way too long for my tastes. Like BufferedOutputStream.
Ugh. I mean, we're writing programs here, not
essays.
Exactly. Totally agree. I hate programming langauge arguments that amount to
"It's not like English!". Yea? So what? It *isn't* English and it's not
supposed to be!
It'd be a hell of a lot easier for someone unfamiliar with mathematical
symbols to read this:
5 times quantity 7 plus 3 end of quantity
Erm, I mean:
Five times quantity seven plus three end of quantity
Look! It's just normal English! And the editor can highlight it properly! No
need to remember arbitrary symbols that aren't spelled-out! I mean, shit,
how does a vertical and horizontal line mean "plus"? I can't remember that!
But obviously that would be stupid. You just (trivially) learn that + is
shorthand for "plus", ) is shorthand for "end of quantity", etc. (erm,
excuse me..."et cetera"), and that verbose mess becomes the far, FAR more
readable:
5 * (7+3)
My reply to all of the above: Is 'etc' not a universally well-known
abbreviation? ;)
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- Alex
