Well, even a Bactrian camel’s humps are in the middle, not right on top of his bum!
The camel case conventions IIRC were really popularized first by Smalltalk, then by Wirth with Pascal and Modula, and also (later) by Microsoft. Another reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x2dbyw72(v=vs.71).aspx On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 7:13:57 AM UTC-4, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > > Le lundi 17 août 2015 à 22:01 -0700, Scott Jones a écrit : > > > On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 4:14:25 PM UTC-4, Steven G. Johnson > > > wrote: > > > I think the term "CamelCase" is more common than "Pascal case"; if > > > you write it as "CamelCase" it is clear that it starts with caps. > > > > > I've heard Pascal case to indicate starting out with caps, but Camel > > case more often refers to lower case first letter. (i.e. there is a > > hump in the *middle* of the name, like a camel). > Well, "camel" is ambiguous. Lower case first letters certainly match > the dromedary camel... :-) > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel > > > Regards > > > Here's the definition from Wikipedia: > > > Although the first letter of a camel case compound word may or may > > > not be capitalized, the term camel case generally implies lowercase > > > first letter.[2][3] For clarity, this article calls the two > > > alternatives upper camel case and lower camel case. Some people and > > > organizations use the term camel case only for lower camel case. > > > Other synonyms include: > > >
