[kzhahou]

Strangely, golang adopted this practice of very short variable names. Surprising since golang is so focused on clarity and readability.

[raverbashing]

Exactly. The assumption that only long variables are readable is false

[msbarnett]

Not surprising at all, if you're aware that Kernighan and Pike also wrote a book together (The Practice of Programming) in which they persuasively argued that brevity is an important component of clarity.

Too much of "longer names are better" fetishism adds noise and detracts from overall clarity.