Posted by Colin Fine on 12/31/05 21:10

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Tony Marston wrote:
>
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:LYmdnewR-c7gxzDenZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>>> It really doesn't matter if you agree or not. The fact is the vast
>>> majority of programmers in this world disagree with you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you saying that the vast majority of programmers would agree with
>> a language that allowed the same variable or function name to exist in
>> different mixtures of upper and lower case, and for each combination
>> of case to have a different meaning? That would make it far easier to
>> write unmaintainable code. Would that be a good or a bad thing?
>>
>
> They would agree with a languages that allows the same variable or
> function name to exist in different mixtures of case. After all, 'a' is
> NOT the same character as 'A'.
>
True. But 'a' is the same WORD as 'A'. And most variable names are (or
are made of) words.

Colin

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