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 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: 2001-10-15 06:12:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The caselessness is one of the things I like best! Date: 15 Oct 2001 08:11:55 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3105e154.0110150021.32ff5426@posting.google.com> <9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9qei6k$3hj$1@newstoo.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1003151517 23701 192.135.80.34 (15 Oct 2001 13:11:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:11:57 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14525 Date: 2001-10-15T08:11:55-05:00 List-Id: In article , gerhard.nospam@bigfoot.de (Gerhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4ring?=) writes: > I want inconsistent casing to be a syntax error in a language. Oh yes. > And the keywords be either lower or upper case, too (I'd prefer upper > case as in MODULA-2/3). Whereas I think case-sensitivity in a computer programming language is a severe limitation, causing people to pay attention to the wrong thing. Any program that has different meanings for "item" and "Item" is very poorly written.