Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!haven!ncifcrf!nlm-mcs!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: GROK THIS! Message-ID: <9046@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 2 Dec 88 17:24:00 GMT References: <0XZeQod38k-0MSz0V7@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 11 Bruce: Hidden routines named "hack" in software packages, examples in documentation with names like "frodo" and other stuff like like drive me nuts. Therapist: Why do you feel such names drive you nuts? The idea being that under normal circumstances one would not feel like that about a moderate exhibition of a sense of fun. DEC used to have example names in their user documentation like FOO.BAR; some people appreciated the sense of humor and others started a campaign to stamp out all use of "foo".