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Camel case makes my skin crawl. Hate it. Give me underscores or give me death.

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Re^3: Improve readability of Perl code. Naming reference variables.
by johngg (Canon) on Feb 09, 2017 at 00:33 UTC

    I guess it's all a bit subjective. I don't dislike underscores and can happily use them if mandated but camelCase keeps long descriptive variable names shorter which is why I prefer it.

    Cheers,

    JohnGG

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      It's totally subjective. Whether warranted or not, camel case reminds me of Microsoft code. Underscores remind me of old school programming. I also think camel case is harder to read. Though camel case does take fewer keystrokes to execute. I'll give you that.

      $PM = "Perl Monk's";
      $MCF = "Most Clueless Friar Abbot Bishop Pontiff Deacon Curate";
      $nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF;
      Click here if you love Perl Monks

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        Though camel case does take fewer keystrokes to execute. I'll give you that.

        Only if your keyboard doesn't have a Useless Key™ which you've remapped to be a single-keystroke underscore. :-)

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