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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a593b847b304c715 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-09 14:43:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!4.24.21.153!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: MAC address with Win32 bindings. Date: 9 Nov 2003 16:43:50 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3fad244e$0$27572$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3fad6196$0$27566$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <0wrrb.1073$Tc2.7139@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1068417822 28158 192.135.80.34 (9 Nov 2003 22:43:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 22:43:42 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2284 Date: 2003-11-09T16:43:50-06:00 List-Id: In article <0wrrb.1073$Tc2.7139@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>, chris writes: > Simon Wright wrote: >> People in this newsgroup tend to get agitated when the language is >> spelt ADA instead of Ada (ADA => Americans with Disabilities Act or >> American Dental Association or Application Development Advisor >> magazine or ... see Google) > > I thought Ada was case insensitive? ;) Somebody, however, decided to conduct this newsgroup in English rather than in Ada. Even in Ada, however, there are some who request that symbol names have consistent casing. This is not because the compiler might get confused, but because the humans will.