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 09:58:56 PST Path: archiver1.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 12:35:46 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9qf394$1rt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3105e154.0110150021.32ff5426@posting.google.com> <9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9qesee$s5b$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BCB0C10.636D110E@icn.siemens.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1003163748 1917 136.170.200.133 (15 Oct 2001 16:35:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Oct 2001 16:35:48 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:14547 Date: 2001-10-15T16:35:48+00:00 List-Id: Nothing in Ada stops you from using Upper and Lower case characters in identifiers, reserved words, etc. Whatever style you like is just fine. (*pretend* that its case sensitive if you like :-) Its just that character case won't have any impact on meaning. If you're depending on character case having an impact on meaning, then this is inherently risky. It means you want to be able to use identifiers like This_Object and This_object in the same scope and have them mean different things. Or have "begin" and "Begin" with one being the reserved word and one being some other identifier. (risky and confusing in my mind...) If you say "No, I'd never want to have two identifiers distinguished only by character case", then what's the problem? Type them in any case you like. To make the language case sensitive would be, in some ways, a restriction on every programmer to do it some specific way. If, for example, you like your reserved words to be in UPPER CASE, you wouldn't be able to do so if they were mandated to be in lower case. As it is now, you can do it any way that suits your personal style. 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/ "Alfred Hilscher" wrote in message news:3BCB0C10.636D110E@icn.siemens.de... > > I think every programmer should have the possibility to do his work in > his own way.