Does anyone else out there remember Hungarian Notation?  Does anyone else still use it in any shape or form???  I know I do and I still find it as useful as the day I first read about Charles Simonyi’s revolutionary naming conventions!  It may not be as popular today as it used to be, but anyone who’s tried it will attest to its value!

If you don’t know what I’m even talking about, take a look at this description from Microsoft at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260976(VS.60).aspx, or the Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation.

Anyway, the purpose of this post was to point out that Charles Simonyi has made the news again on CNET (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9785568-7.html).  It appears that his new company, Intentional Software (http://www.intentionalsoftware.com/) is now looking to revolutionise software design in the same way that Charles revolutionised coding back in the early days of PC’s.

My opinion?  Watch Intentional Software closely – we’ll be seeing more of them!

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