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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/31/06 15:30

Tony Marston wrote:
> "Richard Levasseur" <richardlev@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154304261.705624.29410@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
>>Chung Leong wrote:
>>
>>>Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>>
>>>>thisThing and THISTHING *are* two entirely different things! We all
>>>>deal
>>>>with this on a constant bases when "thisThing" and "THISTHING" come
>>>>into
>>>>programs as far as the data stream is concerned. Sure we all know how,
>>>>and often use, case insensitive comparisons precisely because they are
>>>>different. Why then should it be any different when it comes to
>>>>variable
>>>>names inside a program? What you can't tell the difference between the
>>>>two? They don't even look the slightest bit different to you?!? If not
>>>>then that's *your* problem brought about by your narrow minded
>>>>insistence that they are the same when they are not.
>>>
>>>As we all know, thisThing is on first, THISTHING is on second, and
>>>ThisThing is on third. Obviously thisThing can't play first and second
>>>at the same time, so THISTHING has to be on second as we need ThisThing
>>>on third and whatThing only know how to play short.
>>>
>>>I don't know why you said thisThing and THISTHING are entirely
>>>different things. thisThing is on first. THISTHING is on second.
>>>entirely different things is in center and we only got one of him.
>>
>>So its settled.
>>The Three Stooges agree: Case Sensitivity is a Good Thing (tm) ha!
>
>
> Only in the minds of a few. Case sensitivity was introduced as a programmer
> convention to get around the problem caused by some languages which cannot
> identify the difference between a variable, a constant, a function and a
> method. These small minded individuals are now making this programmer
> convention into a language requirement despite the fact that
> a) They cannot identify a problem where case sensitivity is the solution.
> b) Case sensitivity causes more problems than it solves.
>

And specifically which languages were these?

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