Length might have mattered in the 80s and 90s when IDEs were crap but we got autocomplete in pretty much all our text editors (even TUI ones like vim).
As for readability there is an argument to be had in specific contexts, but 9 out of 10 times it makes more sense to use a proper word.
Example:
let list = [1, 2, 3];
for i in list {
println!("{}", i);
}
In this case using item
in the place of i
would be more fitting.
Yup, this is the whole point of federation instead of just decentralisation.
This stuff is honestly incredible and the more I learn about it the more there is to appreciate.