How I think when I think about programming

Re:How I think when I think about programming by shrimp_emoji on Sunday February 20, 2022 @07:32PM (#30410653)

The author is likely using the enlightened coder capitalization rules, which informally are: "don't capitalize stuff". But, for reasons of insecurity and sometimes clarity, it often becomes: "only capitalize proper nouns, acronyms, and 'I'".

I think it's due to a general realization that letter casing was an ancient mistake that plagues writing and case-sensitive filesystems. Having psychologically struggled with it and having been on both sides of the issue, I'm still deeply conflicted about it. Same with using "-"s instead of "_"s.

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Re:How I think when I think about programming by throwoutway on Sunday February 20, 2022 @07:48PM (#30410745)

It’s not enlightened to apply programming semantics to the long form writing. It’s just ignorant that your readers have to suffer.

> general realization

That’s not a general realization, and historical anomalies don’t matter to the reader

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Re:How I think when I think about programming by lkxijlewlf on Sunday February 20, 2022 @08:00PM (#30410815)

> Having psychologically struggled with it and having been on both sides of the issue, I'm still deeply conflicted about it. Same with using "-"s instead of "_"s.

I can't tell, is this sarcasm?

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Re:How I think when I think about programming by bombcar on Sunday February 20, 2022 @09:26PM (#30411303)

I assume it’s pathname stuff - do you do hn.com/the-file-name or hn.com/the_file_name

Of course the correct answer is “the file name” and let God sort ‘em out - or superchad and use Unicode non breaking spaces.

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Re:How I think when I think about programming by MauroIksem on Sunday February 20, 2022 @07:40PM (#30410695)

I feel like i wrote this

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