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- Path: sparky!uunet!das.wang.com!wang!dbushong
- From: dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong)
- Subject: Re: Hungarian notation
- Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 02:12:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <brtkth.mj3@wang.com>
- References: <35240001@mechp05.uucp> <1992Jul18.125442.5470@truevision>
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- pauls@truevision.com writes:
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- >Why don't you forget about Hungarian notation (trying to do type checking by
- >hand), and just select the identifier in question, hold down the middle mouse
- >button and read the pop-up dialog box that tells you what the identifier
- >(or other symbol) is all about?
- > What type it is (if it is a variable or a type)
- > Its current value (if it is a variable, and the program is running)
- > Notes you or past programmers may have typed in about that identifier
- > ....
- >If you want the dialog box to hang around after you release the mouse
- >button, just release the middle mouse button outside of the dialog box.
-
- >Why not quit wasting net bandwidth arguing about whether Hungarian notation
- >is useful, and just implement a programming environment that includes features
- >like the ones I made up in the previous paragraph?
- >I don't imagine too many people will be interested in Hungarian notation once
- >they have such a programming environment.
- >People who like Hungarian notation won't bother with it any more.
- >People who don't like Hungarian notation who't have to see it any more.
- >People who don't really care about Hungarian notation can read interesting
- >articles in comp.lang.c again.
-
- :) !!!!!!
-
- Bravo, Paul.
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