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,a50a3c40267219cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-20 22:52:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!lsanca1-snf1!news.gtei.net!enterprise!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3105e154.0110150021.32ff5426@posting.google.com> <9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9qesee$s5b$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BCB0C10.636D110E@icn.siemens.de> <9qf394$1rt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9qfg4v02t20@drn.newsguy.com> <3BCB6830.1B10595F@boeing.com> Subject: Re: Why not combine Ada and C++? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:54:46 +1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.55.121.156 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1003643575 210.55.121.156 (Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:52:55 NZDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:52:55 NZDT Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14986 Date: 2001-10-21T18:54:46+13:00 List-Id: "Simon Wright" wrote in message news:x7v4row67z3.fsf@smaug.pushface.org... > Jeffrey Carter writes: > > > IIRC Smalltalk requires that Classes (and other globals) begin with a > capital, locals begin with a minuscule. At least there's no confusion > there! Sigh, really? There we go again... How come the "Classes" do begin with the capitals (but not other globals) while other words don't? Just how is it worse than the "C" convention of using capitals for the whole lot of constants? To reiterate a long-standing argument, how would you like a compliler to make any sense as regards the difference between (P/p)olish? Not to mention that if I use an identifier caled "aBRacaDabra" I wouldn't expect any other programmer to follow the same capitalization rules. So, how is that for confusion?