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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by xupybd on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @07:27AM (#32822919)
Screens are huge now. You can fit long names. Auto complete makes typing long names easy. Let your code read like prose. Save the brain for solving the business problems not for understanding the code.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by userbinator on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @09:37AM (#32824103)
Long names are easier to read the first time, and become an impediment thereafter. Especially when you have multiple long names that differ only in a few characters.
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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by hulitu on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:41AM (#32824891)
Not really. Screens are wider. An older 21 inch was taller than a 24 inch tft
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