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=0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,87555f9f9a68a23a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-15 14:37:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Caselessness... Date: 15 Oct 2001 20:15:41 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9qfg5d$9281@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <3BCB2FDA.8060807@look.ca> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5435.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14604 Date: 2001-10-15T20:15:41+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:50:02 -0400, FGD wrote: > This is a distant followup to another thread. I don't think Ada's case > insensitiveness is a problem, though I wonder... Ada 95 was designed to > support characters from many different natural languages. Couldn't there > be a "loophole" here, couldn't a disgruntled C programmer define a > CaseSensitiveEnglish language wherein upper and lower case analogues are > distinguished just like 'e' and '�' are distinguished in French? Huh? How would he define this hypothetical thing? -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis