Re: identifier nomenclature

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From	Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject	Re: identifier nomenclature
Date	Fri, 18 May 2012 10:34:42 +0200
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bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> writes:

> What are some of the most common ways to convert a set of words to an
> identifier?

In Ada you mostly write A_Set_Of_Words, although CIA_Is_An_Acronym.

Other languages I know have less readable conventions.  And some
languages even have different conventions depending on what the
identifier refers to.

Greetings,

Jacob
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"Computer Science is to Science, as Plumbing is to Hydrodynamics"

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