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Posted by Tony Marston on 07/27/06 12:13
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Tony Marston wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>>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.
Only in YOUR eyes because I dare to challenge your opinions.
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Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org
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