Keeping variable names short is a natural brake on routine length. Like wrapping at 80 columns and using tabs is a natural brake on deeply nested conditionals.

Keeping variable names short is a natural brake on routine length. Like wrapping at 80 columns and using tabs is a natural brake on deeply nested conditionals. If I need a longer variable name to clarify the intent of the code, it's a signal from the code that maybe I should break the routine into smaller pieces. I also find that smaller variable names makes it way faster to scan and thus understand. YMMV ...