<story><title>CamelCase vs. underscores revisited (2013)</title><url>https://whatheco.de/2013/02/16/camelcase-vs-underscores-revisited/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>inDigiNeous</author><text>Good to see some scientific studies on the easier_readability_of_snake_case, versusComparedToCamelCaseBouncingUpAndDown.&lt;p&gt;I tried to convince my co-workers toTransitionFromCamelCase to the world_of_easy_reading_snake_case, but alas, the codebase alreadyUsingCamelCase won.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s the idea that &amp;quot;shorter == better&amp;quot;, or whatever, but if I could choose, I would use snake_case_everywhere man.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>brookst</author><text>I am pro-snake myself, but those that use double underscores, especially in a meaningful way, are drilling holes in our boat.</text></comment>
<story><title>CamelCase vs. underscores revisited (2013)</title><url>https://whatheco.de/2013/02/16/camelcase-vs-underscores-revisited/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>inDigiNeous</author><text>Good to see some scientific studies on the easier_readability_of_snake_case, versusComparedToCamelCaseBouncingUpAndDown.&lt;p&gt;I tried to convince my co-workers toTransitionFromCamelCase to the world_of_easy_reading_snake_case, but alas, the codebase alreadyUsingCamelCase won.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s the idea that &amp;quot;shorter == better&amp;quot;, or whatever, but if I could choose, I would use snake_case_everywhere man.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stevula</author><text>I do prefer snakecase visually but having to press shift for the underscore is a pain and it’s also quite far from the home row on the keyboard.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if a lot of people rebind the underscore character to a more convenient key?</text></comment>