On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525 wrote:

> Someone said:
>
> >I implore you to examine the naming convention and BE CONSISTENT! HPYYYY
> >is unlike any other HPVar; it is not a word. This fails the classic test
> >for naming clarity: can you read the code to someone over the phone and
> >have it make sense? How would you read HPYYYY?
>
> Sorry, I must respectfully disagree.  HPYYYY may not
> be a word you can find in the dictionary, but it is I believe
> the most intuitively understandable representation that
> most people can look at and grasp without further
> explanation (as I believe Stan confirmed with his sample-
> of-one test marketing of the acronym).
>
I dislike the repetition of the letters, the "YYYY" style.

I suggest tow solutions:
1) According to the tradition of lengthy merged words of the MPE:
   HPCENTURY, HPCENTURYYEAR, HPCENTURYYEARMONTHDAY.
2) The shortcut:
   HPC, HPCY, HPCYMD.
                                              Frank

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