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From: dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de (Dmitry Kazakov)
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Subject: Re: Modern languages are case sensitive?
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:21:15 GMT
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:54:13 GMT, Jeffrey Carter
<jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote:

>Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>> 
>> In article <3BCB2E0B.5D7894CD@boeing.com>, Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> writes:
>> >
>> > Well designed, modern languages (Ada) and operating systems (sorry,
>> > there aren't any) are case insensitive. 30-year-old, poorly designed
>> > languages (C) and operating systems (UNIX) are case sensitive.
>> 
>> Well, VMS is only 23 years old, and it is case insensitive !
>
>VMS has many good features, but I hesitate to call it modern.

Ergo, modern /= good (:-))

Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov