On 19/02/2018 19:08, Axel Berger wrote:
> mm0fmf wrote:
>> Calling something test on a Unixy machine is a learning stage
>> we must all pass through.
>
> For all things, variables, lables, subroutines, where one can easily and
> inadvertantly hit on a reserved word, I prefer German. So instead of
> test I'd proably use versuch. Nobody can remember all reserved names, at
> least I can't. Unfortunately in this case Test has become quite common
> in German too, so not even that's safe. But what is?
>

It's not a case of remembering all the reserved words but a case of
remembering how to diagnose the problem based on once having used a
reserved word. Although in my colleague's case just remembering test is
bad would be good.

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