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Re:Why we need a book about naming by jamesrcole on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:32AM (#22317209)
> Why does it matter what things are called if the name of the thing might be a lie anyway? I'm going to have to check what it does anyway!

Imagine a program where all the keywords and identifiers have been replaced with randomly generated strings.

Re:Why we need a book about naming by goblin89 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:46AM (#22317282)
Replacing all identifier names with random strings (perhaps excluding built-ins and third-party dependencies), and then having an outsider try and understand what the program does in under N minutes, could be such an interesting litmus test of how well a program is organized and structured beyond naming.

(Which is not to say naming is unimportant, of course.)