From: Martin Coxall <pseudo.meta@...>
Date: 2006-10-04T19:34:46+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby and variable names

> > I have noticed Ruby coders using 1 character variables names (e.g. t,d)
> >
> > Is this done because Ruby is a dynamic language and any object can be
> > held in these variables?

No. It's more an idiomatic aspect of good programming style. It's
commonplace to use single-char variables for short-lived throwaway
variables, such as loop counters, indexes and things like that, in
pretty much every language I've ever used.

Martin