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Yes, Hungarian was fresh in 1988 so naturally heavy use in this code base.
by dlod 6y ago
Yes, Hungarian was fresh in 1988 so naturally heavy use in this code base.
- mypalmike 6y agoI haven't seen Hungarian notation in so long. It's so painful to look at. And yet back in the day I too was convinced it was a good idea.
- brettsh 6y agoConfession: I still LOVE it. If I had a green field project today, I would still use it. Brett Shirley [MSFT] ESE Developer.
- mypalmike 6y agoYeah it wasn't until after I moved from C++ to other languages that I changed my mind on this (ESE appears to be primarily C++). When you can 100% rely on your IDE to give you the metadata about a variable using color and/or hover pop-ups, storing that same metadata in the variable name just feels heavy and unnecessary. With C++ IDEs, you will never get 100% accuracy, so you might as well give in and go with Hungarian.