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- From: ajtd@honey.st-and.ac.uk (Tony Davie)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
- Subject: Re: Opinions on case sensitivity in programming languages?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.083718.5030@st-andrews.ac.uk>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 08:37:18 GMT
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- > In article ... tswingle@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Tom Swingle) writes:
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- > 1. Do you prefer programming in a language which is case-sensitive or case-
- > insensitive (or does it even make a difference to you), and why?
- >
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- Case sensitivity is a throwback to the days when the only input to a computer
- was a teletype or a punched card. There is no excuse for languages to be case
- insensitive nowadays, EXCEPT when connecting to machines which may have such
- equipment attached to them. This makes it sensible to make names of machines
- on a network, for instance, case-insensitive.
-
- Tony Davie
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