Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/05/06 20:23

Tony Marston wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:6LKdnegnYM8ymEnZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>
>>>"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>>But people won't complain unless they hit problems, and I've seen
>>>>>complaints from programmers who have suddenly been hit with a bug that
>>>>>turns out to be case-related. I still hold the opinion that case
>>>>>sensitivity causes problems instead of solving them, and I have seen no
>>>>>evidence to the contrary.
>>>>
>>>>....and you still have not as yet detailed even a SINGLE problem caused
>>>>by
>>>
>>>
>>>The ability to have 3 different functions called readfile(), readFile()
>>>and ReadFile() causes problems.
>>>
>>>The ability to have 3 different variables called box, Box and BOX causes
>>>problems.
>>>
>>>Or am I the only person who can see this?
>>>
>>
>>Yep, you're the only person to see it, Tony. The rest of us are more
>>intelligent than that. We can understand the difference between box, Box
>>and BOX.
>>
>>And yes, according to programming standards, each has its own meaning.
>>
>>BOX is a defined constant
>>Box is a class name
>>box is a variable name - an object of type Box
>
>
> But those are not rules which are enforced by the language, they are
> conventions which have been invented by one group of programmers to get
> around deficiences in their particular language. I do not accept that
> *conventions* in one language should suddenly become *rules* in all
> langages. Different groups of programmers have totally different
> conventions, and convenions are nothing but a matter of choice. How would
> you like it if I tried to force you to accept my conventions as "the new
> standard".
>
> Besides, as I keep on saying, some intelligent languages to not need to use
> differences in case to tell the diferene between a constant, a variable, a
> function and a method. Take PHP (well, this IS a HP newsgroup)
>
> foo - constant
> $foo - variable
> foo() - function
> $object->foo() - class method
> $object->foo - class method.
>
> The language DOES NOT NEED differences in case to tell the difference, so
> any prorammer who does is a complete moron. Just like those morons who
> insist on using a "db" prefix for al database names, a "tbl" prefix for all
> table names, and a "col" prefix for all column names. SQL does not need the
> use of any prefx to tell the difference between the 3 objects, so neither
> should any programmer.
>
>
>>Nothing hard about that.
>>
>>You see problems. The rest of us sees an advantages.
>
>
> It only provides advantages if you deliberately want to create obfuscated
> and unmaintainable code.
>

No, Tony. You're the only one who creates obfusticated and
unmaintainable code. I've seen some of the "code" you've written. And
I've seen programmers with one week of training in a language do better
than that.

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