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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/09/06 00:08
Tony Marston wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:MbydnaBugoftvUrZnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>
>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>news:u6SdnT-Y7oiUhUvZnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:CeadncpQ1dncY0nZnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>No. Allowing the same spelling to mean different things just because the
>>>>>case is different causes more problems that it solves. Proper languages
>>>>>do not allow. Proper programmer conventions do not allow it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Your opinion only, not statements you can prove. OTOH, 30 years of case
>>>>sensitive programming languages disagree with you.
>>>>
>>>>You're a loser, Tony. Plain and simple.
>>>
>>>
>>>Your opinion is most definitely NOT held by the majority. The ability to
>>>create functions and variables with the same spelling but different case
>>>is one of he techniques described in the essay "How to write
>>>unmentionable code" Check out item 21 on
>>>http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmainnaming.html
>>>
>>>See! Other people think it's a stupid idea too.
>>>
>>
>>Prove it, Tony. It seems to be in this newsgroup, at least from the
>>answer in this thread for and against case sensitivity.
>
>
> Only you and Shelly have been in favour of deliberately using the same
> function name in different case to mean completely different functions. It
> is not something that is actvely encouraged by anyone else.
>
Read this thread again. You obviously missed a lot of posts.
> Can you point to to any papers on the internet which say that such a
> practice is a good thing?
>
That wasn't what I said. I said use the same function name - including
case - in different functions. In language such as C++ and Java you
could have any number of functions called "readFile". But I'm sure your
poor brain would blow at such an idea.
>
>>As to some essay by an unknown person posted on the internet - that's one
>>person's opinion, hardly the majority. And quite frankly, I haven't seen
>>a darn thing this guy has done which gives me any reason to trust his
>>opinion more or less than anyone else. And people like K & R have done a
>>LOT more for programming than one Roedy Green.
>>
>>And eve if ONE other person doesn't like it, that's hardly the majority.
>>Except in your mind.
>>
>>You're a loser, Tony. Plain and simple.
>
>
> That's just your opinion. I still firmly believe that most programmers would
> be confused if they encountered a word with the same spelling but different
> case which actually meant something totally different. This is not the case
> in any spoken language, nor is it the case most computer languages. It is
> confusing, it leads to obfuscated and unmaintainable code, therefore it is a
> bad thing. Period. End of story.
>
Mine and most of the people in this newsgroup. None of use would ever
hire you.
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