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Date: 2 Jul 93 15:44:00 EST
From: "Larry Keeler" <keeler@ntsc-rd.navy.mil>
Subject: Hitting the nail (brad) on the head!
Message-ID: <9307021954.AA11170@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
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In article <1993Jul1.102841.1786@relay.nswc.navy.mil>, Brad Wallet says:
/> In article <EACHUS.93Jun30180618@spectre.mitre.org>, eachus@spectre.mitre.or
g (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
/> |> In article <1993Jun30.174116.24785@relay.nswc.navy.mil> bwallet@apssgi.ns
wc.navy.mil (Brad Wallet) writes:
/> |> 
/> |>   > no, i think you all are missing point behind making Ada case sensitiv
e.
/> |>   > since the original statement was that case sensitivity would allow fo
r

	[ etc, etc. ...	]

	[  Followed by pearls of wisdom poured from the 
				finger tips of Robert I. Eachus.	]

/> no, no, no...u just don't get it...we enforce our standards...hey,
/> i even follow them (occasionally).  and your group follows its
/> standards.  and his group follows its standards.  and everyone's
/> code looks different.  Ada was designed to encourage / force good
/> coding practice...well, it dropped the ball on case sensitivity.
/> 
/> brad

Which very graphically demonstrates that the correct choice WAS made regarding
case sensitivity for Ada.  For, despite the fact that Brad professes to follow
language standards, he obviously does not do so, as is demonstrated by his 
failure to adhere to accepted coding standards in the language he is attempting
 
to apply above.  Despite his lack of coding ability in at least one language, 
(English) I believe that the meaning that he intended, albeit false, was 
conveyed. :-) However, since THAT language does not adhere to any hard standard
and is only somewhat case sensitivity, Brad's code may result in unpredictable
results depending upon the compiler implementation/processor to which it is
applied.  For example the code also conveys that:

	Brad has a low opinion of self and a low ego-state 
		(use of i versus I). 				:-)  

	Brad is a lost C programmer (hacker ?) 
		(rare use of upper-case and placing more importance 
		 on the output of code than the correctness of code). 	:-)  

	Brad is a one fingered keyer 
		(lack of any upper-case characters).  		:-)  

Actually it is difficult to understand Brad's motivation in writing(?) since if
Ada were case sensitive he would not be able to code in it at all. 	:-)