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  • July 9, 2014 at 9:03 am

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    SQLRNNR (7/9/2014)

    CELKO (7/9/2014)

    These shorthands are a bad idea.

    I'm gonna agree with that. I don't like seeing shorthand in the code.

    I'm with you - I don't like it. I have to admit that until I read that article, I've never even seen them before. I agree with the premise that nobody wants to type more than they have to, but I believe whole-heartedly that readability and maintainability are vastly more important than typing a few extra characters.

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