For me, I barely notice typing the underscore, but my hands really dislike 
typing a "#" for a comment.  So when I need a line-oriented data format of 
my own, I usually allow a ";" as well as a "#" to comment out a line.

On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 9:29:13 AM UTC-4 jkn wrote:

> Yeah, I've seen those kind of studies - and ones with different findings, 
> as you may well have.
>
> I don't think that (for *me*) there is much difference in the 'cognitive 
> effort' between the two styles. But there is more effort in typing 
> snake_case (both the extra character, and the necessary hand/finger 
> movements). The latter effort might be a bit specific to me; I have a 
> slightly malformed right hand which means I tend to type underscores in a 
> particular way.
>
> Anyway, there are better things than this to pound the table about...
>
> J^n
>
>
> On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 2:08:54 PM UTC+1 [email protected] 
> wrote:
>
>> FWIW (maybe not much), Wikipedia's page on CamelCase includes this -
>>
>> 'A 2010 follow-up study, with other subjects containing mainly 
>> pre-trained programmers and using an improved measurement method with use 
>> of eye-tracking equipment, indicates: "While results indicate no difference 
>> in accuracy between the two styles, subjects recognize identifiers in the 
>> underscore style more quickly." '
>>
>> On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 7:05:23 AM UTC-4 jkn wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>> It's a bit crude but gives me most of what I want. I am reminded why I 
>>> prefer camelCase though, too many extra keystrokes and hand movements, for 
>>> little to no extra readability IMO.
>>>
>> ...
>>>
>>

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