Chapter 1, Problem 8PS

Explanation of Solution

User-defined Names:

Many languages distinguish between uppercase and lower case letters in user defined names. There are various views for and against this design. Pros and cons depend on how the language is used. That is, it all depends upon the programming practices of programmers.

There are various conventions among the programmers regarding the naming of variables, user defined data types’ variables and functions.

• For variables, usually all the letters are kept small.
• For functions, usually camel notation is used where first letter is small and all other letters are in capitals.
• For class names, first letter is in capitals and all others are small.

Pros:

• So, this design increases the readability of programs if such naming conventions are used...