Xander Solis wrote Hungarian notation is using three letter prefixes for variables. For example for a textbox you would use txt as it's prefix for example the variable txtname. for a listbox it would be lst and so on. They use Hungarian notation because this specific variable naming convention tells what the variable is by merely looking at it.
Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Moving this to PLUG-Misc, too. > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 at 18:26, Sacha Chua wrote: > > For example, take Hungarian notation. <laugh> You'll find many people > > for it and against it. > > I couldn't figure out what the Hungarian notation was, so I decided to > > $ dict "hungarian notation" > > and interestingly only got one definition. A long one, from FOLDOC. And if > the definition of the Hungarian notation in FOLDOC is complete enough (ie: > I'm not inclined to read Simonyi's original monograph), I don't think I > need to get into the Hungarian notation in my programming. ;> > > But as with the rest of life, it's interesting to find out about all these > new things. I should be hearing about this from peers in UP Manila, but > obviously PLUG's waaaaaay ahead of them ... err ... us (including myself). > ;> > > --> Jijo > > -- > Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. > GnuPG Key: <http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg> > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to ph- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ________________________________________________________________ This message was delivered to you by Asia Pacific College. Scanning and Virus Filtering is delivered by RAVAntivirus. For more information, please visit our website or e-mail the system administrators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The information in this electronic message is privileged and confidential, intended only for use of the individual or entity named as addressee and recipient. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy, use, disseminate or deliver this message. In such case, you should immediately delete this email and notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this message are not given, nor endorsed by and are not the responsibility of APC unless otherwise indicated by an authorized representative of APC independent of this message." _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
