Re: Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help]

[jgv@swl.msd.ray.com (John Volan)]

fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) writes:

>R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes:

>>Hmm, just wondering, but has there ever been a computer programming
>>language similar in "syntax" to Latin? (using "prefixes"/"suffixes"
>>only instead of order to indicate which identifers were refering
>>to the procedures/functions and which to data sources or destinations).
>>
>>Most programming languages seem to use order related syntaxes
>>(e.g. prefix, infix, or postfix operator notation)...

>Prolog uses case to distinguish between variables (which are data
>sources/ destinations) and atoms (which Prolog uses for constants,
>functions, and procedures).  Variables must start with an uppercase
>letter (or an underscore) while atoms must start with a lowercase
>letter (or be quoted).

I think what Tim was referring to was *grammatical* case (think: declension), 
not *typographical* case (think: capitalization).

>-- 
>Fergus Henderson - fjh@munta.cs.mu.oz.au
>all [L] (programming_language(L), L \= "Mercury") => better("Mercury", L) ;-)

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