Re: Why not combine Ada and C++?

[Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>]

"Robert*@" wrote:
> 
> In article <9qf394$1rt$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin says...
> >
> > If you're depending on character case
> >having an impact on meaning, then this is inherently risky.
> 
> in some cases, case sensitivity can be very good.
> 
> for example, in Java, the convention is to use lower case first letter for
> a name of a method. and Upper case first letter for a Class and interface
> name, lower case all letters for a package name.
> 
> This is very usefull, becuase if you'r reading code, and you see an Upper case
> first letter on an identifier, then you know without having to look aroud, that
> the name represent a Class name. and the same for method names.

When you come across code that does not adhere to this convention, you
are going to make incorrect assumptions about what it means. This is
what happens when you rely on something that is "inherently risky":
errors. Of course, there are those who enjoy spending weeks debugging
errors that a case-insensitive language would not allow.

-- 
Jeffrey Carter