* [off-topic] BAD C book
@ 2003-05-05 3:45 Wesley Groleau
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From: Wesley Groleau @ 2003-05-05 3:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hyman Rosen wrote:
> Wesley Groleau wrote:
>
>> I own a "C Primer" which NEVER informs the reader that
>> C is case-sensitive.
>>
>> If you're thinking that case-sensitivity is something
>> the reader already knew... this book was allegedly aimed
>> at beginners in the MSDOS world!
>
> MS-DOS had case-insensitive file names, but that doesn't mean
> that case-insensitivity is an assumed default. If it was, so
> many people on c.l.a wouldn't complain when people discuss ADA.
In DOS, does
dir
do something different from
DIR
??
Does case make a difference in a command in a .BAT script?
In DOS, can you declare variables FOO and foo, and keep
them independent of each other?
Then how is a DOS person who tries that supposed to
figure out the resulting strange behavior when he/she
does it in C ?
Let's face it, somebody really pulled a STUPID in publishing
a so-called "C Primer" that _never_ says C is case-sensitive.
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