I prefer a = w * h. I actually wish I didn't, but I studied a mathematics undergrad, and when I see the token 'area' it means, to me, the concept of area, where

I prefer a = w * h. I actually wish I didn't, but I studied a mathematics undergrad, and when I see the token 'area' it means, to me, the concept of area, whereas 'a' is a variable which represents the quantity in context. Indeed, it's more common to write 'let the area be a, the width be w and the height h; then a = w * h' than it is to write 'area = with * height' when expositing in a maths textbook. This is a really hard habit for me to get out of, even when writing code.