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Posted by Colin Fine on 10/19/64 11:35
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Colin Fine wrote:
>
>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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>
>> More argument by blatant assertion. Nobody is disputing the
>> achievements of the unix developers, but that doesn't mean that
>> everything they did was perfect. I agree with Tony that case
>> sensitivity was an enormous mistake.
>>
>
> Well, it's a hell a lot more than you've done, isn't it? And since they
> created the language, they get to set the rules.
>
> It really doesn't matter if you agree or not. The fact is the vast
> majority of programmers in this world disagree with you.
>
> Progress ALWAYS has its detractors.
>
WHY IS IT PROGRESS?????
PHP5 is a vast improvement on PHP4 in a number of ways. But they could
equally well have resolved the inconsistency between variable and
function names by removing case sensitivity for the former.
>>
>>> You go ahead and do the same. Then you can create a case-insensitive
>>> language.
>>>
>>> But don't expect it it to be widely accepted.
>>>
>> You're probably right. But don't suppose that popularity has very much
>> to do with merit.
>
>
> If a language has enough merit, it will become popular. Examples
> include C, C++, Java and PHP. All have significant merit in what their
> areas, and all have become widely accepted.
>
You've chosen four popular languages and said, look they're popular.
What about the hundreds of language you've never heard of. I have no
doubt some of them had considerable merit.
Colin
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