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Re:Is there an excuse for short variable names? by bane on Saturday February 02, 2013 @07:51PM (#5158028)
> If you update an equation like T = dE/dS to temperature = infinitesimal_change_in_energy / infinitesimal_change_in_entropy

and in the case the changes in energy or entropy are not so infinitesimal, the semantics of the variable name can cause all sorts of troubles

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