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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of GitHub repositories with hig... by throwaway_exer on Sunday May 01, 2016 @02:31AM (#11605150)
K&R used short variable names, and C programmers are proud not be programming in Java, which encourages longer names.

I personally think the variable name length should match the scope size, bu then I'm reasonable like that.

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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of GitHub repositories with hig... by shermanyo on Sunday May 01, 2016 @11:22PM (#11609046)
> the variable name length should match the scope size

Perfect summation, matches my thoughts.

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