Thanks for the explanation. The original idea was pretty good.
But I've only, ever, seen the corrupted variant in the wild. And coding standards that enforce it. Hence my annoyance.
Yeah, Hungarian Notation may have flowered in the Councils of Elrond, the mere sound of which would give men Knowledge, Wisdom and inflation-adjusted semi-annual raises, but out here on the edge of Mordor it's been horribly twisted into something only an Orc could love and look upon. If an Orc could love.
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Joel Spolsky wrote a good summary about the Hungarian notation, and how it got corrupted within Microsoft:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html
Thanks for the explanation. The original idea was pretty good. But I've only, ever, seen the corrupted variant in the wild. And coding standards that enforce it. Hence my annoyance.
Yeah, Hungarian Notation may have flowered in the Councils of Elrond, the mere sound of which would give men Knowledge, Wisdom and inflation-adjusted semi-annual raises, but out here on the edge of Mordor it's been horribly twisted into something only an Orc could love and look upon. If an Orc could love.