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Re:Programming is hard by hnedeotes on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @08:26PM (#26719069)
Because I agree with most of it, but you called for a flame war, I'm going to jump in.

snake_case, is obviously the more readable. In fact your point shows this cognitive dissonance we all have to a certain extent. You argued (and I agree) with a lot of details that are important for readability at "first sight", "intuitive layout" etc, and then you go to say camelCase is more readable...

We're not even taking into account people with small amounts of dyslexia in this, but

certainlyThisIsNotMoreReadable than certainly_this_is_not_more_readable

Is it? :) gzip will take care of the underscores

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Re:Programming is hard by anaerobicover on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @08:59PM (#26719352)
They're both pinkie cases -- kebab case is clearly superior. ;)
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Re:Programming is hard by hnedeotes on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:43PM (#26719639)
Maybe if you're a foodie person? :) kebab doesn't allow to do whole selections on most text interfaces though so that's a real downer for me, no matter how much a good kebab is worth
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Re:Programming is hard by adam_arthur on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:17AM (#26723720)
Well, I regret putting that part in, as I was just trying to be cheeky :)

It took away from my overall point, as I don't have strong convictions on that one.

That one is much more subjective than the other points!

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