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Posted by Tony Marston on 07/28/06 08:20
"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:WYudnRl91u0MzVrZnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
>>
>
> Naw, others also. And you aren't challenging MY opinions - you're
> challenging the opinions of the PHP developers and most of the members of
> this group.
It is only your opinion that most of the members of this newsgroup share
your opinion.
> But you're just too stoopid to understand how big of an ass you show
> yourself to be. Troll.
And the same to you. With bells on.
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Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org
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