Re: Ada Operators in 9x

[cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!longwoo d!crigler@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (James Crigler)]

Mike Berman responded to Robert Firth's response to David Helken:

: Whoa. Back up. Are you saying that case sensitivity is a good thing?
: Am I missing liberally-placed smileys somewhere?

Mike, I can't speak for the others, but if I had written it yea,
verily, case sensitivity would be not only a good thing, but a GOOD
THING:

   1.  It's available in (at least) C , Modula 2 (and its succesors?)
       and Smalltalk.

   2.  Every project I've ever been on has required adherance to some
       letter casing convention (whether LRM, `European', whatever).

   3.  No pretty printer I've ever seen can get comments right (in any
       reasonable style) in all situations.

   4.  It is a tremendous convenience (not to mention a relief to my
       grammar genes) to not have to create something related but
       non-homonymous like the_element.

Jim Crigler
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