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From: john.m.mann@amsjv.com (john mann)
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Subject: Re: The caselessness is one of the things I like best!
Date: 19 Oct 2001 07:52:31 -0700
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One problem about case sensitivity is in reviewing code. If the
reviewer needs to resort to saying "capital-v variable" for example,
then any advantage of case insensitivity can be quickly lost.

As an anecdote, I once worked on a code generator for an OOA tool
which had its own specification language. Two features were: case
sensitivity, and variables declared by first usage. You can guess the
number of times duplicate variables got created.