d assigns name Philosophy

[Denis Koroskin]

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:24:24 +0400, dolive <dolive89 at sina.com> wrote:

> Andrei Alexandrescu дµ½:
>
>> dolive wrote:
>> > bearophile дµ½:
>> >
>> >> dolive:
>> >>> Suggest the d Language and phobos lib ( And other lib )  assigns  
>> name to use the tallest phrase in the phrase of  word frequency .   
>> This, should study toward the java .  This is also the key that the  
>> java jdk source code easily reads
>> >>> This is also one of the java successful keys .
>> >>> thank you very much !
>> >> Are you trying to suggest to follow the Zipf's law in naming things  
>> in Phobos/Tango?
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law
>> >> I agree.
>> >>
>> >> Bye,
>> >> bearophile
>> >
>> >
>> > yes£¬is so
>>
>> I'm not very sure. That would suggest using exceedingly common names
>> (the, on, go, do, be, and, use...) which are often imprecise because
>> they are used in a variety of contexts (hence their frequency). I often
>> prefer a word that has a precise meaning.
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Ok, has a precise meaning is a premise.
> when have more than two phrases, choosing high that of  use the tallest  
> phrase in the phrase ( Function name )  of  word frequency .
>
> For example:
>       getData and fetchData.
>
> the choice getData
>

No offense, but I can't believe someone who knows very little of English makes naming suggestions to native language speakers.
Maybe there is no difference between get and fetch to you, but there sure is for others. I believe there are cases when one name is preferable over another for clarity.