Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/17/62 11:35

Colin Fine wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Colin Fine wrote:
>>
>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> More argument by blatant assertion. Nobody is disputing the
>>> achievements of the unix developers, but that doesn't mean that
>>> everything they did was perfect. I agree with Tony that case
>>> sensitivity was an enormous mistake.
>>>
>>
>> Well, it's a hell a lot more than you've done, isn't it? And since
>> they created the language, they get to set the rules.
>>
>> It really doesn't matter if you agree or not. The fact is the vast
>> majority of programmers in this world disagree with you.
>>
>> Progress ALWAYS has its detractors.
>>
> WHY IS IT PROGRESS?????
>

Because it's better, IMHO. And if the majority of programmers didn't
think it was progress, it wouldn't have caught on.

> PHP5 is a vast improvement on PHP4 in a number of ways. But they could
> equally well have resolved the inconsistency between variable and
> function names by removing case sensitivity for the former.
>

And I could ask you why it's a vast improvement. You'd have your
opinions, but I wouldn't have to agree with them.

>>>
>>>> You go ahead and do the same. Then you can create a case-insensitive
>>>> language.
>>>>
>>>> But don't expect it it to be widely accepted.
>>>>
>>> You're probably right. But don't suppose that popularity has very
>>> much to do with merit.
>>
>>
>>
>> If a language has enough merit, it will become popular. Examples
>> include C, C++, Java and PHP. All have significant merit in what
>> their areas, and all have become widely accepted.
>>
> You've chosen four popular languages and said, look they're popular.
> What about the hundreds of language you've never heard of. I have no
> doubt some of them had considerable merit.
>

Yep. But about those other languages you mentioned. Name some and
their merits. And if you can, why they failed.

> Colin


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