> Bullshit! This has been totally discredited. Microsoft were > the most adamant proponents of Hungarian notation - go read > their C# coding guidelines: they decry Hungarian notation!
So, were they right then, or are they right now? "Microsoft has changed its mind" isn't really an argument, you know. Personally, while I'm not a big fan of Hungarian notation or similar prefixing schemes, I suspect it doesn't make as much difference one way or the other as its proponents and critics would have us think. In my own experience, which has mostly been with loosely typed languages, it simply hasn't made much difference as far as I'm concerned. It hasn't made things significantly harder for me to read. Usually, the "hard-to-read" stuff comes from other variable naming wackiness, usually within the database schema. The only disadvantage I've seen is when the datatype of variables has been changed, and as a result the variable names also have to be changed. To my mind, that's enough of a disadvantage to warrant its avoidance, but either way it's certainly not worth the amount of hot air being released here. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:188768 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
