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 21:21:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <0vGdnQFmVPoZj0Gj4p2dnA@gbronline.com> <1054647054.761122@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 16:22:00 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.62.202 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1055046069 219.88.62.202 (Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:21:09 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:21:09 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38808 Date: 2003-06-08T16:22:00+12:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:1054647054.761122@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > The reason I've heard cited for case insensitivity is that with > case sensitivity, you have one English word in your program > which stands for multiple things, which is confusing, for example > if you are doing the "telephone test" for code readability (that > is, seeing if someone else can understand the code upon hearing > it read instead of looking at it). But since Ada already allows > one English word to stand for multiple things, I don't find this > argument convincing. Let's assume a language (like English) which mandates a capital letter if a sentence starts with it. Would you really find it difficult to read it if I changed "Let's" for "let's"? On the other hand, if you had to read it over the phone and that difference really had some meaning, how would you pronounce it?