Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!moss@BRL-VLD.ARPA From: moss@BRL-VLD.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Bug in Unix System V C compiler Message-ID: <12160@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 14:59:43 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12160 Posted: Mon Aug 6 14:59:43 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 08:33:39 EDT Lines: 18 From: "Gary S. Moss (DRXBR-VLD-V)"Seriously folks, it is MOST ASSUREDLY professional to use long variable names that are unique in the first 8 characters, this allows descriptive names with minimal restriction. After all, just because the compiler ignores the rest of the name doesn't mean you have to. Let's face it, either you're aware of non-portable constructs or you aren't, either you choose to write portable code or you don't, but implying that portable code must have short variable names is misleading. That's why the original example didn't bomb out with a compiler error like "Identifier too long : godamnid1" or "Godamn what? [ Let's leave God out of this one ;-) ]". -- Moss.