Posted by tony on 12/21/05 12:16

>> "None of the operating systems I have encountered on mainframe,
mini-computer and personal computer systems I have used in the past 30
years has been case-sensitive, nor has any of the compilers (apart
from PHP and its variable names), text and document editors, and
database query tools."

> What the hell?!? Case-sensitive variables/function exist in C, C++,
Java, C#, Pascal, Delphi, Javascript, PERL, Ruby, Python, Smalltalk,
Objective-C and so on. Most everything in Unix is case-sensitive
including the file system. I'm not sure what you've been doing for
the past 30 years but the vast majority of the computing world is
case-sensitive. You're out of the loop.

For your information I have worked on UNIVAC mainframes, mini-computers
from Data General and Hewlet Packard, and PCs running Windows. None of
these have been case-sensitive. I have programmed in assember, COBOL,
FORTRAN, SPL, QUIZ, QUICK, QTP, INSIGHT, TRANSACT and UNIFACE. None of
these languages has ever been case-sensitive. I have spent most of my
career working in software houses providing business applications for
business customers, so I would not consider myself to be out of the
loop.

My point is that for 30 years I have worked with tools which were
totally insensitive to case, but some morons seem to think that case is
important. For God's sake WHY! What problem existed in the
case-insensitive world that needed to be fixed?

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