Re: How to name variables in a program?

Arafangion wrote:
> I came across a rumour (I _think_ I got it from www.joelonsoftware.com),
> but the rumour suggests that Hungarian notation originated from a
> missunderstanding of Apps hungarian, particularly on the word 'type'.
> For instance, Apps Hungarian would never simply say iWidth, but would
> use something more like scrWidth, and scrHeight, with a convention that
> scr means "the screen", which helps you not mix it with, say, panelWidth
> and panelHeight.
>
> I'm going out on a limb here, could someone confirm or deny this?

I thought "hungarian" was just a reference to its inventor Charles
Simonyi (worked on Excel, and other high level projects at MS) who is a
hungarian.

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