Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/01/06 17:50

Tony Marston wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:oaSdnebEW7VynirenZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>
>>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?
>
>
> But the point of this argument is that variable names such as 'box', 'Box'
> and 'BOX' should all indicate the same variable, not different variables. If
> you really want to have three different boxes you would use names such as
> 'box1', 'box2' and 'box3' to avoid any confusion.
>
> Is there any computer language which has built-in function and variable
> names which come with different capitalisation to me different things? If
> they do not make use of this feature, then why provide it in the first
> place?
>
> Would any sensible programmer deliberately create the same function and
> variable names with different capitalisation to me different things? Would
> this make the program more or less maintainable? If no sensible programmer
> would use this feature, then why provide it in the first place?
>
> Your argument seems to be "It exists, therefore it must be good".
>
> My argument is "It is not good, therefore it should not exist".
>
> Tony Marston
>

You keep rehashing the same argument. It's gone beyond stupid to inane,
and soon to go beyond that. I and others have already responded to
these trite statements. Yet you keep on.

Give it up, Tony. You're showing how big of an ass you really are.


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