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Also, the three-letter variable names aren't part of Hoon -- they're just a convention that works well if (and only if) you have short, simple functions.

I've actually taken to using TLVs with a Hungarian suffix in C -- it works well if (and only if) you have short, simple functions.

One way to think about variable names: declaring a variable is a way of saying "I couldn't quite get this into point-free form." Names should be the exception, not the rule. Again, this is much more true in a functional language.




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