Sorry for putting words in your mouth - on a second reading, you were quite clear on that point.
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:49 PM, ozzloy-racket-users < ozzloy+users_racket-lang_...@gmail.com> wrote: > i didn't assert that word length has nothing to do with readability, just > that word frequency has more impact on reading time than word length. > > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Luke Vilnis <lvil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I can only speak for myself but I think it's a bit much to assert that >> word length has nothing to do with readability. Heck, maybe that's even >> true for you, but not for everyone. I have certainly felt it to be an >> issue. If the "define" keyword was 50 letters long it would definitely have >> an impact on my ability to read code - it seems to be an issue of degree, >> not existence. >> >> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:26 PM, ozzloy-racket-users < >> ozzloy+users_racket-lang_...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> am i the only one that thinks not having abbreviated names for anything >>> is good? >>> i like not having "def". especially if it's going to be redundant. >>> i see this as a slippery slope i don't want to go down. >>> it annoys me when switching to other languages to have to ask: which way >>> of shortening "function" does this language go with? was it "fn"? maybe >>> "fun"? >>> if the language has a strict policy of not using short versions of >>> words, i don't have to guess. >>> >>> as for "def" being easier to read than "define", that's not true. word >>> frequency has more impact on reading time than word length for normal >>> reading. having more aliases makes both less frequent, so adding "def" >>> could plausibly make reading both take longer. most people read whole >>> words at a time, rather than letter-by-letter. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Grant Rettke <gret...@acm.org> wrote: >>> >>>> There is always pretty mode in Emacs. >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Ray Racine <ray.rac...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > FYI for those who may not know. Racket supports λ as an alias for >>>> lambda. >>>> > ctrl-\ in DrRacket. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Nikita B. Zuev <nikit...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> +1 for `def' as alias for `define'. >>>> >> May I also suggest `fun' for `lambda' alias? >>>> >> Three letter names are the best =) >>>> >> >>>> >> (well one can always do it with require rename-in) >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Regards, >>>> >> Nikita B. Zuev >>>> >> ____________________ >>>> >> Racket Users list: >>>> >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ____________________ >>>> > Racket Users list: >>>> > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ >>>> ACM, AMA, COG, IEEE >>>> >>>> ____________________ >>>> Racket Users list: >>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________ >>> Racket Users list: >>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>> >>> >> >
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