From: Jim McFarland <jim.mcfarland@...>
Date: 2006-01-21T05:31:53+09:00
Subject: Re: camelCase vs ruby_case

Well, I started out as a C programmer many years ago, and after
several other languages, I ended up doing Java for much of the last 5
years and adopted the Sun Java coding conventions.  When I started
learning Ruby, its idioms, and its coding conventions, I was very
happy to see "ruby_case" which is what I did in C as far back as 16
years ago.

On 1/20/06, Zach <zacharooni@comcast.net> wrote:
> Alrighty,
>
>     I've another question I'd like to pose the Ruby community. Coming
> from a Java background, so I'm rather used to "camelCase" as opposed to
> what looks to be the standard "ruby_case". (For those who don't know, If
> a method is java was named "DoSomething"  it would be called
> "doSomething" in Java, and likewise "do_something" in Ruby.)
>
> Arguments I've personally witnessed against Camel Case is Acronyms. If I
> have an "ABC" in Camel Case it I'd have to would be to break up the
> acronym like "aBC" if it appears at the beginning of the word. A lot of
> people try to push the word to the end, others say to have the whole
> acronym as lowercase "abc", but I think that is just a workaround for
> the problem not a solution.
>
> Once I started programming in ruby, I was a little surprised at the use
> of the underscore, but I'm wondering the sentiments of the programmers
> out there. Do you prefer word breaks by underscore or case? Does is look
> more readable? Does anything else irk you with Camel Case and/or Ruby's
> preference?
>
> Not trying to incite flame_wars or the like, looking for honest opinions.
>
> -Zach
>
>