Using identifiers with more than 7 chars. #$%@

[Henry Spencer]

> ...  Why should people with current
> systems have to generate code that is harder to maintain so you can use it
> as is...

The technical term for it is "portability".  Nobody said it was effortless.

> ... Code with descriptive variable names are usually easier to debug,
> maintain, and port then programs with all identifiers 6 chars or less.

You can still write code with descriptive variable names, you just need
to make sure they're all unique in the first N characters.  This is a
minor nuisance, no more.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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