Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!jrdzzz.jrd.dec.com!tkou02.enet.dec.com!jit533!diamond From: diamond@jit533.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: About the variable 'I' (was Re: long names (was Readability of Ada)) Message-ID: <1991May7.052930.6170@tkou02.enet.dec.com> Date: 7 May 91 05:29:30 GMT References: <3878@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> <12394@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1991Apr26.034205.27308@netcom.COM> Sender: usenet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: diamond@jit533.enet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (Norman Diamond) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo Lines: 11 In article <1991Apr26.034205.27308@netcom.COM> mrs@netcom.COM (Morgan Schweers) writes: > As for the person who screamed about 'C' programmers using 'i' in for >loops, I've found that it makes it Real Clear(tm) that that is nothing more >than an incremental loop counter. If you use a more descriptive name, then the loop can say WHAT it's counting and thereby ease the burden on "countless" maintenance programmers. -- Norman Diamond diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.