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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: _Type vs no _Type
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* Britt Snodgrass:

> The language design decision that Ada be case insensitive is something
> that I value very much.  In general, I think the "flexibility"
> provided by case sensitivity causes more problems (risks, bugs,
> reduced readability) than it potentially solves.

And with case insensitivity, we have a seemingly neverending
collection of warts, bugs and incompatibilities in the Ada language.