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0 pointswladimir13y ago0 comments

I'm not sure what you're referring to, but in all instances of Hungarian notation I've seen (especially in Windows programs) it was the data type (pointer to char, 8 bit int, 32 bit int etc) encoded and not "the nature of the thing".

I agree that adding the "nature of the thing being counted" makes sense, but then you don't have to call it Hungarian notation anymore, "number_of_apples" is just a sensible variable name...

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djpowell13y ago

Joel Spolsky wrote a good summary about the Hungarian notation, and how it got corrupted within Microsoft:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html

wladimirOP13y ago

Thanks for the explanation. The original idea was pretty good. But I've only, ever, seen the corrupted variant in the wild. And coding standards that enforce it. Hence my annoyance.

antidoh13y ago

Yeah, Hungarian Notation may have flowered in the Councils of Elrond, the mere sound of which would give men Knowledge, Wisdom and inflation-adjusted semi-annual raises, but out here on the edge of Mordor it's been horribly twisted into something only an Orc could love and look upon. If an Orc could love.

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