> String or int are very rarely appropriate variable names I very much agree, but that only undermines the point if they are often appropriate type names. In

> String or int are very rarely appropriate variable names I very much agree, but that only undermines the point if they are often appropriate type names. In the sorts of languages the GP was trying to restrict that sentence to, I don't think that's the case. I even have some doubts that it's true in C.