From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!shamash!tank!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Case insensitivity Message-ID: <49700001@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 23 Feb 89 15:10:00 GMT References: <317@sagpd1.UUCP> Nf-ID: #R:sagpd1.UUCP:317:uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:49700001:000:409 Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald Feb 23 09:10:00 1989 List-Id: In article <317@sagpd1.UUCP> banderso@sagpd1.UUCP (Bruce Anderson) writes: >My question is, does everyone think that the case-insensitivity of >Ada is a positive feature and if so why? Personally, if I see a >variable 'aBcDe' and another one 'AbCdE' they don't immediately strike >me as being the same and is therefore confusing when they are. Why care? This is one of the lesser concerns about a language.