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by edw519 4942 days ago
No numerics permitted in function names.

Theory: It's prettier.

Reality: Just try to understand the hierarchical relationship between 247 functions in a 10,000 line Material Requirements Planning module of an ERP system when every function name must be all alpha.

1 comments

Wouldn't that rule just end up with people writing:

   FloopTwentySeven
rather than

   Floop27
:-)