Home Programming Shorthands We propose programming language mechanisms to reduce redundancy in program source code. These abbreviation mechanisms, shorthands, make programs shorter and easier to write and read. In addition, we provide a framework for describing language abbreviation mechanisms. An interesting and odd paper from Todd Proebsting (of "Proebsting's Law"fame) and Ben Zorn. If you like $_ and @_ in Perl, then you may like this, too. I can't recall seeing any other papers on this topic, so pointers are welcome. Comment viewing options Flat list - collapsed Flat list - expanded Threaded list - collapsed Threaded list - expanded Date - newest first Date - oldest first Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.