Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!codas!pdn!colin
From: colin@pdn.UUCP (Colin Kendall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: embeddedCapitals
Message-ID: <2472@pdn.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 88 12:08:05 GMT
Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo, Florida
Lines: 18
Keywords: conventions capitals uppercase

In our shop, we have adopted the Smalltalk "standard" of using embedded
capitals in class names, variable names, etc., as in StandardSystemView.
From most of the public domain code that I have seen, this seems to
be fairly universal. I find it highly annoying and counter-productive
for many, many reasons.

The proponents state that it makes the code easier to read; and it does,
butnotverymuch. It occurred to me that in German, words are formed
from other words without embedded capitals; I never had much trouble
reading German on this account, and I doubt that Germans do.

Does anybody know of any shops where this "standard" is not followed? Any 
comments from Germany?
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Colin Kendall				Paradyne Corporation
{gatech,akgua}!usfvax2!pdn!colin	Mail stop LF-207
Phone: (813) 530-8697			8550 Ulmerton Road, PO Box 2826
					Largo, FL  33294-2826