Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/01/06 00:19

Colin Fine wrote:
> 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

Not in C, C++, Java, etc. they aren't. And we're talking COMPUTER
languages here - not HUMAN languages. Or can't you figure out the
difference?

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