Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Call by Result Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:53:32 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <4DF2289B.5030909@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> <56q4v6h1afrmkktk7rqiolgdqqkms387tv@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7Qrvczazr82YckO5XW8Vtw"; logging-data="23731"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/lMOGn2YutGFXeYm5O6PxMbuxb+aQJpkA=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ztt4V6mjqIxd+z7f2T5LXRhNjHI= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5282 On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:50:53 -0700, Patricia Shanahan wrote: >On 6/10/2011 11:57 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >... >> I am also someone who has been programming professionally for >> about twenty-five years. In that time, I have worked out conventions >> across different languages for variable-naming. >... > >I much prefer to have my code in each language look like conventional >code in its language. Much code looks the same in multiple languages. Which language is a=b*c+d in? >Code is not going to be more than very superficially readable by someone >who does not know its language, so the reading audience is generally >programmers who are familiar with the language. Those programmers will There is a lot of commonality in notation. Compare the switch statements in C, Java, and JavaScript. >usually also be used to the corresponding conventions, and will more >easily read code that follows those conventions. There are plenty of arguments over which format is best. It is quite possible that there is no one best way. Given that, I prefer to use something that I like. >I'm not sure what the number of years programming has to do with anything. It suggests that I have worked with a number of languages. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko