SMRTR ProgrammingOct 21, 2024Daily.dev

Naming Conventions That Need to Die

SMRTR summary

Bad naming practices in science, math, and technology hinder learning and communication. Four problematic areas include naming discoveries after inventors, using numbers instead of descriptive terms, employing random words for software, and perpetuating historical accidents like "car" and "cdr" in programming languages.

SMRTR provides this summary for quick context. The original article belongs to Daily.dev.

Read the original article
SMRTR Programming

Get the next batch of curated summaries in your inbox.

This archive is built from SMRTR newsletter summaries. Subscribe for hand-picked stories without the extra noise.