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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8d472879e3f609e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-07 19:25:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!news-in.superfeed.net!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <20619edc.0306021018.6ee4dd09@posting.google.com> <1054578576.281946@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <20619edc.0306021321.1aff7b64@posting.google.com> <1054591015.933523@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Subject: Re: Case sensitivity (was Re: no title) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 14:26:46 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.62.202 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1055039155 219.88.62.202 (Sun, 08 Jun 2003 14:25:55 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 14:25:55 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38800 Date: 2003-06-08T14:26:46+12:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:1054591015.933523@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > 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. I thought you could do better that that :-) How about "Polish the floor" vs "Polish floor" ? That's one of the rare cases where you really need AI (or not-so-A) to make the head or tail of it. So what? How does it make case-sensitivity somehow less efficient in making a mess like that? :-)