On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 03:24:50PM +0000 I heard the voice of Dave Hodder, and lo! it spake thus: > > Heh. On a similiar note, different XML-based languages seem to adopt > different practise with element names made up of several words. Some > use <quiteLongElementName/> (e.g. XForms) whilst others go for > <quite-long-element-name/> (e.g. XSLT). Why, I wonder, is there no > stand practise within the W3C? That can probably be traced back to the same dichotomy in programmers, too. Personally, I despise aLongFunctionName(), and much prefer a_long_function_name(). But I know I've run into troubles with underscores in SGML, so I can only presume it's the same in XML. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"Received on Sunday, 24 February 2002 16:10:49 GMT
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