Re: History behind 30 character name limit?
From: rgvguplb <rgvguplb_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:20:50 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <909d4aff-78a8-4fd8-a41b-48c354552a30@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:20:50 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <909d4aff-78a8-4fd8-a41b-48c354552a30@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
i bet it's because in the 70's programmers still found it acceptable
to name objects (such as tables and variables) with clear, concise
names like 'i', 'j', or 'k';
of course in the 90's people started going overboard and started
naming objects like
'iUseThisDoubleFloatVariableToHoldTheValueOfTheAmountOfMoneyDeductedFromMyPayroll',
which, of course, improved productivity a hundred fold.
On Mar 5, 8:30 am, LineVoltageHalogen <tropicalfruitdr..._at_yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Just curious if anyone knows the original spirit behind Oracle's limit
> on table, column, object names to 30 characters?
>
> Cheers, TFD.
Received on Wed Mar 05 2008 - 15:20:50 CST