> Apple APIs are infamous for their long names. Not sure what they gain by it Clarity. It's also a factor of Objective-C's compound methods (inherited from Sm

> Apple APIs are infamous for their long names. Not sure what they gain by it Clarity. It's also a factor of Objective-C's compound methods (inherited from Smalltalk), as each parameter names appears in the method, and which leads to a very phrase-like style. By osmosis, the C APIs use a similar style.