I think that most code benefits from better variable names. For ease of typing and for historical reasons, abbreviated variable names are in the C and makefile

I think that most code benefits from better variable names. For ease of typing and for historical reasons, abbreviated variable names are in the C and makefile domain: BIN = BINary executable SRCS = SouRCe fileS OBJS = OBJect fileS DEPS = DEPendency fileS CFLAGS = C compiler FLAGS passed as arguments to the C compiler LDFLAGS = linker or Link eDitor FLAGS passed as arguments to the linker