From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-06-22T00:11:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Code Critique: check if int or float

Hi --

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Sammy Larbi wrote:

> ole __ wrote, On 6/20/2007 5:51 PM:
>> 
>> I won't be so easily converted. It's more characters, the character is a 
>> stretch on the keyboard and they are harder to read. Underscores seem 
>> backward to me.
>>
>> 
>
> I found that you pick them up quickly and it isn't any harder than reaching 
> for shift after a while - it's just repetition that's needed to memorize it. 
> Besides that, generally I think its good to stick to the conventions of a 
> particular community.  So, when I write Java, I use Java conventions, and 
> when I write Ruby, I use Ruby conventions.

That's really the main point.  It's not a matter of being converted to
using or not using camelCase -- it's a matter of being converted to
the practice of following the stylistic conventions and traditions,
whatever they may be.  As a cellist I like using a bow, but when I
play the piano I use my fingers :-)


David

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