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Posted by Tony Marston on 10/07/00 11:35
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Colin Fine wrote:
>>> 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?????
>>
>
> Because it's better, IMHO.
Exactly why is case-sensitivity better? No human language allows a word to
have a different meaning just by canging its case, so why should a computer
language be different, espeically when that difference allows for
unmaintainable code?
> And if the majority of programmers didn't think it was progress, it
> wouldn't have caught on.
Mere programmers don't have a choice, it's only the language authors that
have a choice. And what was their reason for choosing case-sensitivity when
all previous languages, whether human or computer, were entirely and
completely case-insensitive? There is no good reason, which leads me to the
conclusion that it was a STUPID MISTAKE that you are trying to perpetuate.
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