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Posted by Tony Marston on 08/08/06 12:51
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Tony Marston wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:u6SdnT-Y7oiUhUvZnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:CeadncpQ1dncY0nZnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>> <snip>
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>>>>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.
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>> 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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> Prove it, Tony. It seems to be in this newsgroup, at least from the
> answer in this thread for and against case sensitivity.
Only you and Shelly have been in favour of deliberately using the same
function name in different case to mean completely different functions. It
is not something that is actvely encouraged by anyone else.
Can you point to to any papers on the internet which say that such a
practice is a good thing?
> As to some essay by an unknown person posted on the internet - that's one
> person's opinion, hardly the majority. And quite frankly, I haven't seen
> a darn thing this guy has done which gives me any reason to trust his
> opinion more or less than anyone else. And people like K & R have done a
> LOT more for programming than one Roedy Green.
>
> And eve if ONE other person doesn't like it, that's hardly the majority.
> Except in your mind.
>
> You're a loser, Tony. Plain and simple.
That's just your opinion. I still firmly believe that most programmers would
be confused if they encountered a word with the same spelling but different
case which actually meant something totally different. This is not the case
in any spoken language, nor is it the case most computer languages. It is
confusing, it leads to obfuscated and unmaintainable code, therefore it is a
bad thing. Period. End of story.
--
Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org
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