From: wv9557@yahoo.com (Will)
Subject: Re: Modern languages are case sensitive?
Date: 17 Oct 2001 17:00:41 -0700
Date: 2001-10-18T00:00:41+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4a885870.0110171600.4c22aa7c@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BCB2E0B.5D7894CD@boeing.com
Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message news:<3BCB2E0B.5D7894CD@boeing.com>...
> Stephen Cole wrote:
> >
> > I don't like the caselessness of Ada either.
> > It makes feel MSDOSish rather than a modern language.
>
> 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.
This is not really accurate. If you try to login into AIX with your cap
lock down, it will actually prompt you in capital letters. Where is that
superior Ada OS again? Have you guys finished deciding whether it should be
case sensitive or not?
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Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-15 8:21 Why not combine Ada and C++? Mike Meng
2001-10-15 10:29 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 10:36 ` Robert*
2001-10-15 11:15 ` Stephen Cole
2001-10-15 12:06 ` The caselessness is one of the things I like best! Petter Fryklund
2001-10-15 12:21 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-10-15 12:48 ` UPPERCASE is the typgraphical equivalent of shouting ;-) Petter Fryklund
2001-10-15 12:54 ` The caselessness is one of the things I like best! James Rogers
2001-10-15 13:11 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 15:12 ` Arthur Evans Jr
2001-10-15 16:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-18 19:48 ` Simon Wright
2001-10-18 23:35 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-16 8:48 ` John English
2001-10-16 13:11 ` James Rogers
2001-10-16 18:10 ` tmoran
2001-10-17 8:53 ` Philip Anderson
2001-10-17 10:57 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-19 14:52 ` john mann
2001-10-15 15:13 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 17:00 ` tmoran
2001-10-15 17:29 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-10-15 17:38 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 18:01 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-10-15 19:04 ` David Starner
2001-10-15 18:15 ` David Starner
2001-10-15 17:35 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 18:18 ` Pascal Obry
2001-10-15 18:57 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 22:46 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-16 13:32 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-22 2:10 ` David Thompson
2001-10-15 13:03 ` Alfred Hilscher
2001-10-22 20:27 ` Kenneth Almquist
2001-10-15 14:39 ` Why not combine Ada and C++? Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 16:17 ` Alfred Hilscher
2001-10-15 16:35 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 20:15 ` Robert*
2001-10-15 21:27 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 22:50 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-18 19:53 ` Simon Wright
2001-10-21 5:54 ` AG
2001-10-24 14:48 ` A UNISYS story Petter Fryklund
2001-10-24 15:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-25 7:37 ` Petter Fryklund
2001-10-15 17:41 ` Why not combine Ada and C++? Stephen Cole
2001-10-15 18:27 ` tmoran
2001-10-15 20:24 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-15 20:03 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-15 18:42 ` Modern languages are case sensitive? Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-15 19:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 22:54 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-16 11:21 ` Dmitry Kazakov
2001-10-16 11:42 ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-16 13:16 ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-10-16 23:43 ` David Botton
2001-10-17 1:42 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-16 14:36 ` Arthur Evans Jr
2001-10-16 14:50 ` Chris Morgan
2001-10-16 15:18 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-16 15:47 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-16 16:48 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-16 17:12 ` David Starner
2001-10-16 20:32 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-16 21:37 ` David Starner
2001-10-17 8:39 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-18 0:00 ` Will [this message]
2001-10-18 2:12 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-18 2:32 ` Darren New
2001-10-18 11:32 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 19:47 ` Why not combine Ada and C++? Wes Groleau
2001-10-23 5:39 ` Hyman Rosen
2001-10-23 6:11 ` Richard Riehle
2001-10-15 19:28 ` Baugereau
2001-10-15 20:05 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-16 7:38 ` Martin Dowie
2001-10-16 11:44 ` Pascal Obry
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2001-10-15 20:02 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-15 20:55 ` Adrian Knoth
2001-10-15 22:15 ` Eric Merritt
2001-10-15 22:42 ` tmoran
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2001-10-16 17:48 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-16 18:04 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-16 23:01 ` tmoran
2001-10-16 18:51 ` Marin David Condic
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