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Sep. 25, 2024, evening

A variable named count doesn't tell us what is being counted, but it shouldn't have to.

You may be right, but I wasn't persuaded by this bit. I like making names as self-evident as possible, without requiring the reader to scan through the context to guess at what it means. Tradeoffs, of course.

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