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Physicist here. I never have to read such long variable names, which would make it much more difficult to spot bugs. I do undertand that long variable names ha

Physicist here. I never have to read such long variable names, which would make it much more difficult to spot bugs. I do undertand that long variable names have their place but, when it comes to programming numerical code which is a translation of actual equations, shorter names make it much easier to read and spot mistakes. I do wish that I could use a programming editor that could look like a TeX output on the screen though ...

lutusp 14y ago
> I do wish that I could use a programming editor that could look like a TeX output on the screen though ... For other readers (I suspect you already know this), Mathematica and Sage (and other environments) do a pretty good job of providing TeX-like feedback on what you've just typed in (but not keystroke-by-keystroke, which would be nice). For those unfamiliar with Sage: http://www.sagemath.org/ http://www.sagemath.org/ My Sage tutorial: http://arachnoid.com/sage http://arachnoid.com/sage
archgoon 14y ago
> I do wish that I could use a programming editor that could look like a TeX output on the screen though ... This was one of the design goals of the Fortress project http://labs.oracle.com/projects/plrg/Publications/fortress.1.0.pdf http://labs.oracle.com/projects/plrg/Publications/fortress.1... Scroll down to section 2.3 'Rendering'. Sadly the project is now defunct.