Re: Curiosity, why "vmlinuz" vs "bzImage"

Which looks easier to read

ALAN1=/etc/conffile
ALAN2=/tmp
ALAN3=/usr/bin/apache

or

CONFIG=/etc/conffile
TEMP=/tmp
DAEMON=/usr/bin/apache

Image this 5000 lines of code down when you see code like this:

read $ALAN1
open $ALAN2/file
exec $ALAN3

or

read $CONFIG
open $TEMP/file
exec $DAEMON

Poor Alan, maybe I should switch it to JOHNDOE1 :)

-Bill




On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 14:02 -0700, Jim B wrote:
> I am not a programmer but can you explain what is wrong with $ALAN1, $ALAN2 etc?
>
> Just the fact that his name was in them?
>
>
> Jim
>
> Every variable in the entire script was $ALAN1, $ALAN2,
> > $ALAN3, $ALAN4, $ALAN5, etc... up to about $ALAN80 He wanted to ask me
> > a quick scripting question and I took a look at the script and almost
> > strangled him on the spot.
> >
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