Re: TIB: Naming format


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Re: TIB: Naming format




> On my 85/86 programs, I have my subprograms begin with
> lowercase x or y (x for general routines I share between
> progs, y for ones specific to a program), and I rename all
> the assembly programs I download to start with a lowercase
> z.  All my real programs all start with an uppercase letter,
> which puts them first.  I realize this doesn't work as well on
> calcs that don't have lowercase, but I just thought I'd throw
> in my $.02.
>  
> With that said, if I had realized I could use theta (and that
> it would put it at the very end of the program list) when I
> first started programming, I would use it instead.  But now
> that I have my own standard, it's kinda hard to break.
> :) In general, though, using theta for subprograms is a
> smart (and fairly common) practice.

On the 85/6 I name my basic programs in all caps and my
asm programs in all lowercase.  This is also a fairly common
standard.  As for subprograms, I have never and will never
ever use them.  They are too annoying and can be easily
worked around without any bloating by a good programmer.