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		tracker1 on May 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CamelCase vs underscores: Scientific showdown (201... Underscores are harder to type, at least on a US keyboard layout. To me, that's the single largest tag against underscore_separation.

tredre3 on May 21, 2024 [–]

On a US keyboard, _ is shift + -. To do CamelCase it's shift + c. Isn't that the same about of "difficulty"?

Wowfunhappy on May 21, 2024 | [–]

All I can tell you is I find lots of underscores physically uncomfortable to type, and I have zero trouble with capital letters.

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