"Walter" <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:denmf2$1na3$2@digitaldaemon.com...
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> "ElfQT" <dethjunk@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dekh99$1m7a$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> > It isn't quite pointless. The idea is to remove the "hungarian
>> > notation"
>> > postfixes as they are unnecessary in a language that supports
> overloading.
>>
>> Are you aware of the origin(al) of Hungarian notation?
>> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html
>> (Starting at "I'm Hungary" section.)
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> Yes (I like reading Joel's essays, he's very good). I was using the
> popular
> meaning of the term. I think the original meaning is gone for good, like
> the
> original meaning of "hacker" <g>.
I agree-the popular definition accomplishes little if nothing.

> 

Walter wrote:
> "ElfQT" <dethjunk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:dekh99$1m7a$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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>> Are you aware of the origin(al) of Hungarian notation?
>> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html
>> (Starting at "I'm Hungary" section.)
> 
> Yes (I like reading Joel's essays, he's very good). I was using the popular
> meaning of the term. I think the original meaning is gone for good, like the
> original meaning of "hacker" <g>.

So, what is your opinion on Apps Hungarian?  I guess the style guide ought to address both kinds.  The current version of the page could be construed by the knowledgeable as condemning both.

The term "Apps Hungarian", or even "Hungarian notation" with this meaning, may have gone out of fashion, but the concept certainly lives on to an extent.  I've frequently used variable names such as iRow and iCol, where "i" stands for "index".  And I recall seeing cbSize in some Windows API structures, which uses an example given in Joel's piece. Though others use lStructSize for the same.

Stewart.

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