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From: John Harrison <John.Harrison@cl.cam.ac.uk>
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Konrad Slind writes:

| I'm told that using underscores in identifiers is passe'.

Au contraire, I find it quite recherche', and the use of primes positively
outre'. Maybe this comes of spending too much of my time as an undergraduate
wrestling with an MVS link editor.

"When I were a lad we 'ad eight character alphanumeric monocase, and we
 were grateful. Nowt wrong with it, and anyone says there is is nobbut a 
 big girl's blouse."

IMustSayIDon'tLikeThisModernHabit,WhichXIsTendingToPropogate,OfUsingMixedCase.

To_underscore_my_point,_observe_how_much_more_readable_this_sentence_is.

John.