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RHS on Hungarian notation

Whoops, I closed the window that had the other blog that referred to the one I'm referring to (got that?), but RHS has a good post on why Hungarian notation doesn't make sense in the modern world.

I have to admit that I used it, and it was a throw back to when I had to use VBscript in ASP.old pages. I made the mistake of having code samples out there using it today and I still get blasted for it, and justifiably so. Early last year I finally let it go because I was lazy, and because the contract I was on (auto insurance giant Progressive) adhered strictly to the standards set in various Microsoft docs.
Posted: Mar 31 2005, 02:48 PM by Jeff | with 4 comment(s)
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Alex Papadimoulis said:

itjWhatever, nI vptLove adjHungarian nNotation. vTell nMe pnThis vIsn't adjEasier prepTo vRead.
# March 31, 2005 4:00 PM

SBC said:

was it my blog that you were referring to? :-)
http://weblogs.asp.net/sbchatterjee/archive/2005/03/31/396434.aspx
# March 31, 2005 4:28 PM

Kevin Daly said:

I disliked Hungarian notation even when I used to use it (when it was a standard).
As Alex demonstrated so er, eloquently above, in trying to convey information about the elements of the message it obscures the message itself (the code).
# April 1, 2005 3:43 AM

SBC said:


Joel Spolsky has an example on how it was used to benefit - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogBugzIII.html (via monsoondawn)
# April 1, 2005 6:47 AM
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