Using identifiers with more than 7 chars. #$%@
Henry Spencer
henry at utzoo.UUCP
Tue Mar 11 11:09:13 AEST 1986
> ... Why should people with current
> systems have to generate code that is harder to maintain so you can use it
> as is...
The technical term for it is "portability". Nobody said it was effortless.
> ... Code with descriptive variable names are usually easier to debug,
> maintain, and port then programs with all identifiers 6 chars or less.
You can still write code with descriptive variable names, you just need
to make sure they're all unique in the first N characters. This is a
minor nuisance, no more.
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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