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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/27/06 11:47
Tony Marston wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:WYudnRl91u0MzVrZnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>
>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>news:Kb6dnRCvKMxASlvZnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>ImOk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I just read a thread about this and I thought I would just add my
>>>>>2cents why this situation exists.
>>>>>
>>>>>In the stone age days, keyboards did not have lowercase. So everything
>>>>>was typed in uppercase. No one bitched about it. Now with upper and
>>>>>lower case keyboards people bitch and curse. Including myself. But I
>>>>>live with it.
>>>>>
>>>>>The main reason why we have case sensitivity in programming languages
>>>>>goes back to the start of cave man days of language development:
>>>>>Compilation and interpretation performance. A compiler does not have to
>>>>>convert symbols to upper case or lower case or whatever. Also, only one
>>>>>way to have a symbol table in memory. This reasoning goes back to the
>>>>>days of slow CPU's and low memory. Today, one could argue otherwise.
>>>>>
>>>>>Same thing for many of the OSes of the world.
>>>>>
>>>>>So, they didn't force case sensitivity on us out of concern of the
>>>>>English language (Only Smalltalk cares about this in a serious manner).
>>>>>After all look at the crappy function names in maney languages
>>>>>including C and PHP.
>>>>>
>>>>>There are many things that we are stuck with for historical reasons
>>>>>that dont make sense today. But these days with autocompletion it
>>>>>shouldn't be much of an issue. Provided you are not using NoTePaD.
>>>>>Although I dislike VB for other reasons it does it it best. If you
>>>>>declare a variable, it will go through and fix it everywhere the same
>>>>>way. No questions asked.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ok, sorry about my rant.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>This has been hashed and rehashed ad nauseum in this group. If you want
>>>>to read about it, check Google Groups.
>>>>
>>>>Please let it drop. It's not going to change anything - or anyone's
>>>>mind.
>>>
>>>
>>>This is a typical instance of a small number of small minded coders
>>>trying to enforce their idea of what is "pure" on everybody. The whole
>>>idea sucks big time.
>>>
>>
>>Agreed. You are trying to enforce your ideas on everybody.
>
>
> No I'm not. It is the other way around. All computer languages and operating
> systems were orginally case-insensitive. Windows is still case-nsensitive,
> as are all the Windows products. Then a few lame-brains thought that case
> sensitivity would be really "kewl" and they are now trying to enforce their
> pathetic ideas on everybody else.
>
>
>>And your position does suck.
>
>
> That's just your opinion, and I have no respect for your opinion.
>
Then the feeling is mutual.
Give it up, stoopid. You aren't going to change PHP. If you hate it
enough, go back to your beloved COBOL.
You've already made a complete ass of yourself multiple times in this group.
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