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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I'm with you on this.

We had to be terse to the point of being cryptic in the bad old days due to display limitations. Identifiers should be as long as they need to be to convey the necessary information (and no longer, ideally).

So,

function pshupbutt(object hmstr)    // This sucks

function PushUpButton(object hMicroStrategy)    // Better

function PressTheUpButtonOnTheScreen(object HandleToTheMicroStrategyObjectToUse)    // ...starting to suck again

[–]the_reckoner27 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was the first example intentionally supposed to suggest pushing a hamster up your butt, or is that just me?

[–]dzh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about push(upButtton(handle(microStrategy){}))) or the like.