John,
>>Does anyone know of studies investigating the effect of casing on readability of >>program source code? > >You may find some useful data in this book: > >Baecker, R.M. and A. Marcus (1990). Human Factors and Typography for More Readable >Programs. Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (ACM Press). This book is full of interesting ideas and wonderful examples. However, it strongly tends towards the source code as visual art point of view. I wonder if using any of their major ideas would reduce programmer costs (some of the minor ideas, such as increasing the visible size of the comma, appear to have obvious advantages). 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
