Sandra O'donnell USG wrote:
> Frankly, anyone looking at the code learns the native (variable)
> names quickly. Programming is not for those that can't pickup an
> acronym or widget name quickly...
>
> I'm sure engineers pick up some of the info quickly. But the reason
> we use (or want to use) meaningful names and comments is because they
> help us understand the code. If they were not useful, we might as well
> program in assembler, and all variable names could just be numbers.
Yes of course the point is to have accurate and precise names. I only
meant that
when I work with a development team whose language is not English, if
they
use native terms, English speakers (like me!) quickly learn the key
native names that are
used.
Thanks Sandra!
--
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce
the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know
this is not true. -Robert Wilensky
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