it probably depends on your keyboard nationality as well...

On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 2:34:32 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:

> 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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