I once worked for a software house that had real standards, real code walk-throughs, and real quality control. Standards were enforced vigorously through autom

I once worked for a software house that had real standards, real code walk-throughs, and real quality control. Standards were enforced vigorously through automation and peer review. Those standards included precise variable naming conventions. At the time, I hated it because I thought it cramped my style. Since then, I have worked in many shops with no standards at all and most of the crap I've had to maintain looked just like OP's examples. Probably written by someone who didn't like his style cramped. Funny how it sometimes takes years to understand that which once made no sense.