Posted by Wayne on 12/22/05 22:32

On 22 Dec 2005 08:08:53 -0800, tony@marston-home.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>> Your second statement contradicts the first, but at last you agree that
>>> having $FOO and $foo point to different things is not a good thing.
>
>> It's not exactly a contradiction... I wouldn't allow both $foo and
>> $FOO in the same program. In a case-insentive language that's
>> allowed. I would want that completely disallowed.
>
>So you are forcing your personal preferences upon everyone else. That
>sucks.

No, I'd be making the language safer by disallowing stupid mistakes
and inconsistency.

Do you actually have an argument for the alternative or is it all just
personal perferences for you?

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