Re: How to name variables in a program?



Phlip wrote:
> spinoza1111 wrote:
>
> >> Have you tried to _pronounce_ those, uh, "names"?
>
> > Why is this important?
>
> > Does any one read programs out loud?
>
> Any fool can write a program that a compiler can read. It takes care, skill,
> and attention to detail to write a program that humans can read.

But here we se an example of the syndrome Derrida discovered. For I was
clearly focused on READING ALOUD and you dropped the qualifier, because
the Derrida-named syndrom is confused at the critical intersection
between READING and READING ALOUD.

It is important to code "simply". It is MORE important to solve the
fucking problem.

It is important to code "readable" code. But note that one reason bad
coders love the defense of "readability" is that it has such a vague
referent (something like the fuzzy average potential reader response of
a claim of understanding, not even the fuzzy average understanding,
probably unmeasurable, a claim that bullies of public relations can
manufacture) that it can be always tailored to fit code with bugs and
code that is otherwise provably inadequate to the problem.

I don't code for people who have to move their lips when they read.

>
> --
> Phlip (paraphrasing Ward Cunningham, I think)
> http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand

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