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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a50a3c40267219cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-15 07:45:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why not combine Ada and C++? Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:39:09 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9qesee$s5b$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3105e154.0110150021.32ff5426@posting.google.com> <9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1003156750 28843 136.170.200.133 (15 Oct 2001 14:39:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Oct 2001 14:39:10 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14536 Date: 2001-10-15T14:39:10+00:00 List-Id: Case sensitivity is one of those debates that is never going to be settled simply because people have their own irrational preferences and there are plusses and minuses on either side to justify them. The case sensitivity issue has been argued here many times before. Personally, I like case insensitivity since the meaning of a word is not (generally) changed by the character case in which it is represented. Hence, to introduce case sensitivity would be to make it far easier to make stupid errors in coding or in reading of code. Something like "This_Object" versus "This_object" could far too easily be tripped over in code. (Fortunately, the compiler would complain if one tried to declare two such objects in the same scope, but with case sensitivity, someone could easily get away with it.) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Stephen Cole" wrote in message news:9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk... > I think the idea is a good one. I don't like the caselessness of Ada either. > It makes feel MSDOSish rather than a modern language. Why is caselessness > still concidered important in this day and age when memory is so cheap. Ada > seems to suffer from rules that seem to be relevant to implementation > difficulties rather than giving the programmer a consistent/simple view of > the program implementation space. But I am just a beginner in Ada so maybe I > am wrong. But I don't think so.