>As to this style, I can't see any benefit. Here's another one:
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>BROW NORM NODE FIEL long long long fieldlist
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>That's not readable except to the original programmer. Do you remember what the NODE means? I had to look it up.
No, I don't advocate abbreviating clauses either. That is probably the work of lazy typists, who will later waste much more time figuring out their program.
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