...> The notion that longer names make programs more readable is fundamentally mistaken, IMHO. I hope you'll never have to maintain a program written by someone that believes in the blessings of long, "speaking" names, for speaking are they only if you know the langugae. Assuming you're not a german speaker, what do you think do the following names mean? DonauSchiffahrtKapit

... written by someone that believes in the blessings of long, "speaking" names, for speaking are they only if you know the langugae. Assuming you're not a german speaker, what do you think do the following names mean? DonauSchiffahrtKapitänsWitwenPension DonauSchiffahrtsInspektionsIntervall BergwachtVereinigungsVorsitzendenEntschädigung BergwachtVereinigungsVorsitzendenEntscheidung...

..., I don't recall where exactly that was. If I understand properly, then what you are referring to is their particular language and not the perception of blue and green. In my opinion the langugae *may* have psychological influence on your perception e.g. of colours. When I went to school in England we joked that if a Londoner claimed he saw a blue sky then he had to be ...