• @[email protected]
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    228 months ago

    Speaking as a German and a software developer: just because you can, does not mean you should.

    Sometimes it is easier and better to not stuff words together and give readers a bad time than to write “Schiffsschraubeneichungsvorgabenverordnungsüberwacher”.

    • @I_Fart_Glitter
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      228 months ago

      Schiffsschraubeneichungsvorgabenverordnungsüberwacher

      From google translate: “Ship propeller calibration specification regulation supervisor”

      • @georgette
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        78 months ago

        An English software developer would write that as, ShipPropellerCalibrationSpecificationRegulationSupervisor so only the camel case would make a difference here

          • @reinei
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            88 months ago

            Not quite, for Java you still need the Factory part at the end!

            • @[email protected]
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              38 months ago

              I hope it implements the ShipPropellerCalibrationSpecificationRegulationSupervisorFactoryInterface

      • Hjalmar
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        18 months ago

        It would also make sense as the rule is to capitalise the first letter in all nouns

    • @Sakychu
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      8 months ago

      Sorry for replying this late, totally missed it but i like the analogy. But what would be the alternative? Creating a new word for every function?

      P. S: Also SchiffsSchraubeenEichungsvorgabenVerordnungsÜberwachung is much more readable: That’s why sir Pascal mounted a camel and created PascalCase and camelCase! (reading all the other answers I am proud that we collectively came to the same conclusions that it should be PascalCase!)