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| From | Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Fix Idiot File Names |
| Date | 2018-10-11 01:15 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87zhvls89c.fsf@yahoo.com> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <qzrvD.12675$xH4.9450@fx33.am4> <dbf1bf28-026d-4f8f-b8fb-aa4c54a9b53e@googlegroups.com> <JUuvD.305307$Vl2.112911@fx46.iad> <81aacb3f-b9ae-4578-be3d-e0de3110db0e@googlegroups.com> <ppm11h11vnu@news3.newsguy.com> |
"F. Russell" <fr@random.info> writes: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:45:09 -0700, Steve Carroll wrote: > >> >> I prefer underscores... but not using all caps, maybe for the first letter >> in a scheme like the above. The _ is generally the least tedious to look at: >> > > A file name is the same as any other IDENTIFIER, such as a programming > variable, and must be treated in the same manner. It has to be > unambiguous to the MACHINE. A "programming variable" is not under any such constraints and can indeed not even have a name. > > A variable would not be named "some*var" because it could not be > unambiguously parsed in all contexts. The same applies to file names. Not all variables are named. They might simply be referenced. > > Don't forget that we are dealing with computers and not humans. > There is always to be that distinction between what is human-readable > what is machine readable. > Don't forget that you are talking nonsense. A variable is something that can change. It does not have to be explicitly named. -- Sand is hard on turds.
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Fix Idiot File Names "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-10 09:30 +0000
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 10:28 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 07:53 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-10 10:31 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 08:46 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:37 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:43 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-11 11:34 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 09:57 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-15 08:36 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-10-15 08:50 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-15 09:25 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 07:02 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 18:19 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names SiliconVee<siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 00:25 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 15:45 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-11 07:32 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 14:55 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 06:04 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 06:19 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-11 07:42 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 14:57 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 07:21 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-11 10:38 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 08:39 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-12 12:01 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 03:20 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:38 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-13 00:53 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 09:00 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 09:26 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 08:44 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:11 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 09:21 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:46 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 09:54 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:12 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-10 13:16 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:50 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-11 23:18 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 20:34 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 13:02 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 10:14 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:04 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:08 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:19 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 11:30 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:45 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-10 11:24 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:32 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 12:57 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:33 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 15:02 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:28 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 12:53 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 10:07 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 13:40 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 10:25 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 08:59 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:14 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:30 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:01 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:17 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:33 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-10-10 18:30 +0000
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 11:38 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 12:06 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 18:18 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 15:45 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 00:47 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-10 23:12 +0000
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 01:15 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 16:43 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 20:26 -0700
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