Re: Database naming convention (yet another post of it, but a bit different)
From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 06:25:24 GMT
Message-ID: <ortq9.37232$oq6.10877_at_sccrnsc01>
> Human beings read lowercase MUCH more accurately than all uppercase.
> When we had Cobol and used punch cards, it was a real problem. This
> is why newspaper and book don't use all uppercase. There are a ton of
> studies from the 1970's about readabilty of code.
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 06:25:24 GMT
Message-ID: <ortq9.37232$oq6.10877_at_sccrnsc01>
"--CELKO--" <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com> wrote in message news:c0d87ec0.0210091535.5ad009a6_at_posting.google.com...
>
> Human beings read lowercase MUCH more accurately than all uppercase.
> When we had Cobol and used punch cards, it was a real problem. This
> is why newspaper and book don't use all uppercase. There are a ton of
> studies from the 1970's about readabilty of code.
I'd love any citations you have.
Marshall Received on Mon Oct 14 2002 - 08:25:24 CEST