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Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age'
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026
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It's only bike shedding if the people arguing over it don't know enough about the topic to actually make cohesive arguments.
Things like how we name things and the grammar we use are quite important in cognitive psychology. And we can take advantage of research into cognitive psychology to better improve how we write software.