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The author is likely using the enlightened coder capitalization rules, which informally are: "don't capitalize stuff". But, for reasons of insecurity and someti
by shrimp_emoji 5y ago
The author is likely using the enlightened coder capitalization rules, which informally are: "don't capitalize stuff". But, for reasons of insecurity and sometimes clarity, it often becomes: "only capitalize proper nouns, acronyms, and 'I'".
I think it's due to a general realization that letter casing was an ancient mistake that plagues writing and case-sensitive filesystems. Having psychologically struggled with it and having been on both sides of the issue, I'm still deeply conflicted about it. Same with using "-"s instead of "_"s.
- MauroIksem 5y agoI feel like i wrote this
- throwoutway 5y agoIt’s not enlightened to apply programming semantics to the long form writing. It’s just ignorant that your readers have to suffer. > general realization That’s not a general realization, and historical anomalies don’t matter to the reader
- lkxijlewlf 5y ago> Having psychologically struggled with it and having been on both sides of the issue, I'm still deeply conflicted about it. Same with using "-"s instead of "_"s. I can't tell, is this sarcasm?
- bombcar 5y agoI assume it’s pathname stuff - do you do hn.com/the-file-name or hn.com/the_file_name Of course the correct answer is “the file name” and let God sort ‘em out - or superchad and use Unicode non breaking spaces.
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