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Subject: Re: Case sensitivity (was Re: no title)
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In article <1054591015.933523@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> Mike Silva wrote:
>> Well, Hyman, I think you're just messing with me
> 
> Well, yes, of course. But more seriously, since we
> use capitalization for proper nouns, words do change
> meaning that way, for example, polish and Polish.

Not always.

	"Polish is important"

has a different meaning in a treatise on foreign language studies
vs. one about care of army boots.

So the significance of capitalization in English is overloaded,
and provides only _hints_, not an absolute proof of meaning.

Something providing only hints is appropriate for local coding
standards, not for compiler enforcement.