>> In fact, googling for "referer" and "referrer" reports a similar
>> number of hits, unlike most misspellings.
Terry> You know, I almost mentioned that myself. Drives me crazy.
Me too. I'm one of those people who, for better or worse, is a good
speller. Words just look right or wrong to me and it bothers me when they
look wrong.
Terry> One thing I've figured out is that using the full spelling
Terry> of a word instead of groovy programmer abbreviations makes
Terry> it a lot easier to remember the names of things. Of course,
Terry> like everything, that can be taken too far, so I still use
Terry> things like "bkg_clr" too. Old habits are hard to break.
I do tend to be a bit brief with my names and recognizing an identifier as
an abbreviation don't bother me the way a misspelled word does. Maybe I've
been using Unix systems for too long with their brief command names like mv
and grep. I prefer not to write big_honkin_long_names any more than I have
to either.
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