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Posted by Tony Marston on 10/18/61 11:35
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Colin Fine wrote:
>> Nobody's given a convincing reason why case sensitivity is better. (The
>> nearest to it is the stuff about the cost of doing the comparisons. That
>> might have been an issue when Unix and C started up, but it's not very
>> convincing today.).
>>
>>
>> You may well be right that it will become increasingly difficult to find
>> systems that aren't case insensitive. But I've yet to hear a reason why
>> this is to be welcomed, while I do know a couple of reasons not to
>> welcome it.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> Neither I nor anyone else needs to "give a convincing reason...". The
> bottom line is - that's the way things are, and it is supported by a vast
> majority of programmers.
>
> However, there have been other reasons mentioned in this topic. But I
> suspect none of them are "good enough" for you.
>
> And I haven't heard any good reasons why NOT to welcome it. Just saying
> $Foo and $fOO shouldn't point to different variables doesn't make it. To
> me they ARE different variables (although I wouldn't do this myself).
Why wouldn't you do it yourself? Because it would lead to confusing and
unmentionable code, that's why. Any language that allows a programmer to
create confusing and unmaintainable code is a BAD language in my book.
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