Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrej Mitrovic" <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On 3/7/12, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
>> The human brain is highly capable of inferring intention from context
>
> I don't think our brains should be wasted on decyphering
> abbreviations. Too much abbreviations could drive a sane person nuts.

Yes, but OTOH, too much fully-spelled-out stuff makes code much harder to 
read (even without going as far as the Java extreme). Good use of common 
abbreviations is easier to read than full words. For example, "i18n". Or 
"5*2" instead of "five times two". No decyphering is needed at all with good 
common abbreviations, and they decrease verbosity which improves 
readability.