From: James Britt Date: 2007-04-27T00:18:30+09:00 Subject: Re: DHH vs. WHY style James Edward Gray II wrote: > I also don't think whimsical names have to be unhelpful. When I ported > File::ReadBackwards from Perl, I named my version Elif. I guess you > have to "get that" before it helps, but I had to know what Facets was to > even make guesses about the more helpful names. Seems pretty comparable > to me. > > So, I guess I'm a rebel: I like cool names. I stand with you! Raise the black flag! My main concern with purely descriptive names are that they may not pass the Google test. That is, if someone mentions it in a post and I want to learn more, a reasonable search (e.g., ruby+code-name on Google) should bring it up in the top 10. I'm not advocating the use of stereotypical Web 2.0 -style names, but they need not be dry and lifeless. -- James Britt "In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth." - R. Feynman