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Subject: Re: Why not combine Ada and C++?
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In article <9qf394$1rt$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin says...
>
 
> If you're depending on character case
>having an impact on meaning, then this is inherently risky. 


in some cases, case sensitivity can be very good.

for example, in Java, the convention is to use lower case first letter for
a name of a method. and Upper case first letter for a Class and interface
name, lower case all letters for a package name.

This is very usefull, becuase if you'r reading code, and you see an Upper case
first letter on an identifier, then you know without having to look aroud, that
the name represent a Class name. and the same for method names.

This means you can write

  Car car= new Car("buick");

and it is clear as a bird which is the type and which is the variable.
(In Ada, you have to add "_Type" to the type to try to distinguish things).

This is a convention, not enforced by the language, but it is so strong, that
any java programmer cought not doing it, will be immeadiatly taken out and
shot in clear day light without a question being asked :)

Myself, I prefer case sensitive. But it is not a very important feature, there
are more important things to look at first. But if I am designing a new
lang, i'd make case sensitive.