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Forgive my tangent, but do you have any idea why you like to write it as "CostCo"? I notice it's a common practice on news.y to find (or invent) sub-words in n
by droopyEyelids 8y ago
Forgive my tangent, but do you have any idea why you like to write it as "CostCo"?
I notice it's a common practice on news.y to find (or invent) sub-words in names and capitalize them. Like I remember everyone writing "GroupOn" for the portmanteau of "group coupon"
It's puzzling to me and I want to understand where you're coming from!
- hodder 8y agoIt is a variable naming convention known as "CapWords" or "upper CamelCase". This is the recommended naming convention for Python class's https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#naming-conventions https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#naming-conventi...
- twic 8y agoIf the poster was a Haskeller, they would doubtless also have mentioned Co-CostCos.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoI assume that's instinctive camelCase[1] and/or exposure to a very large number of software packages and startups that do go for the ransom note look in their branding. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case
- ams6110 8y agoMy boss always writes MicroSoft. I think at one point the company did spell their name that way, so maybe he just got used to it from that time.
- ChuckMcM 8y agoWhile I like the other responses better, at one time it was part of their branding. From a phonological standpoint, it was perhaps an effort to guide the pronunciation of the name as "Cost Cō". I tend to type it that way because I hear it that way.