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Posted by Tony Marston on 12/01/79 11:54
"Miguel Cruz" <spam@admin.u.nu> wrote in message
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> "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> The problem with case sensitive languages is that thisThing and
>> THISTHING are entirely different. That means they can both exist at
>> the
>> same time. This can lead to problems in the hands of sloppy or c00l
>> programmers. I see no benefit in having two "things" with the exact
>> same name, differing only in case, meaning two entirely different
>> things.
>
> Pretty much anything can lead to problems in the hands of sloppy
> programmers. If this is the crux of your argument against it, we should
> all just turn off our computers now.
Software has to allow a little leeway, but it is common for certain features
which have proved to be more trouble than they are worth to be excluded from
modern languages. That is why few languages have the GOTO verb which
contributed to the creation of unstructured programs in COBOL. Not to
mention the dreaded ALTER verb.
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Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org
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