I notice I prefer euphonious names when I need to pick one even though I expect to talk arc rarely or never in conversation. It's probably easier to reason about variables when your brain doesn't have a side process figuring out how to pronounce them. I would run away from "ld" and "lb" for that reason. I would also prefer "fun" to "fn" because I bet there are psychological benefits from reading that word hundreds of times a day. Lots of fun. Could be a major selling point for arc.
> Lots of fun. Could be a major selling point for arc.
Ah ah, I really laughed reading this. And jokes are to be taken... seriously :-D [1]
> I notice I prefer euphonious names
I respect your preference of course, but since we are in a "what's your personal opinion" thread, I'll give mine.
When I think about "fn" in my head it sounds "F-N", like the Unix `ls'/`cd' sound "L-S" / "C-D". I actually like these "saccatero sounds". In English, how do you pronounce "ISP" or "BTW" in conversation? Aren't people saying "bee-tee-double U" sometimes?
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1: I'm serious here. I'd have probably never got into computers if it was not fun. I'm fond of the acronym jokes ("Gnu's not Unix", the names of the Lisp dialects Nil/T/Eine/Zwei, etc.). I'm in love with the fact my computer is full of daemons, indians (Apache), penguins and the like.
