Thomas, >> If anybody has any theories about why developers might >> create identifiers whose ambiguity is minimised when the >> middle two letters are known (page 21), please let me know. > >do a lot of crossword puzzles, maybe? in C?
They can only do crossword puzzles once words exist. Hmm, you mean developers might be playing word games as they write their code? The realist in me does not believe the average developer is sufficiently on the ball to do that, but there again there are some odd developers out there (the following describes source that is simultaneously conforming in more than one language at the same time: http://www.if.insa-lyon.fr/eleves/jquelin/quadri.html). Anyway, wouldn't a crossword creator want to maximise ambiguity, since it would enable more words to match? Getting back on list topic ..... The original Clark and O'Regan paper, available via http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/191521.html, looked at English and French. If anybody want to do the measurements for other computer languages they are welcome to the source of my ambiguity calculation program. But they will need to supply their own list of identifiers. derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
