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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/27/06 13:03
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: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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> Only in YOUR eyes because I dare to challenge your opinions.
>
Oh, and look back. I didn't respond to you. YOU responded to ME. Just
like the troll you are.
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