Posted by Tony Marston on 08/07/06 10:41

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Tony Marston wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:CeadncpQ1dncY0nZnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>

<snip>

>> No. Allowing the same spelling to mean different things just because the
>> case is different causes more problems that it solves. Proper languages
>> do not allow. Proper programmer conventions do not allow it.
>>
>
> Your opinion only, not statements you can prove. OTOH, 30 years of case
> sensitive programming languages disagree with you.
>
> You're a loser, Tony. Plain and simple.

Your opinion is most definitely NOT held by the majority. The ability to
create functions and variables with the same spelling but different case is
one of he techniques described in the essay "How to write unmentionable
code" Check out item 21 on http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmainnaming.html

See! Other people think it's a stupid idea too.

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Tony Marston
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