> b->nc += m; > q0 += m; > s += m; > n -= m; Why do people who write in C so oft...

kps · on March 8, 2016

They had a math/science background, so they wrote things like

  F = m * a

rather than

  ADD STATE-SALES-TAX TO STATE-TAXABLE-SUBTOTAL GIVING SUBTOTAL-INCLUDING-STATE-SALES-TAX

or

   activityLoggingAccessForIsolatedWorldsPerWorldBindingsLongAttributeAttributeSetterCallbackForMainWorld();

kardos · on March 8, 2016

It was written in the 80s when there was a shortage of letters.

z3t4 · on March 8, 2016

A little anecdote: When I first learned programming I didn't know you could have long variable names. When I later found out you could, it felt like cheating.