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From: "Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>
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Date: 2003-06-02T08:20:59-07:00

My experience with XML, which is case sensitive, has convinced me that case
sensitivity is one of the worst possible changes for Ada. The case
sensitivity of XML has caused me to waste very large amounts of time. Bill
Gates' one major contribution to software engineering was that he made DOS
case insensitive. I believe that one of the major problems with the POSIX
family of operating systems is case sensitivity. Case sensitivity is
definitely a significant contributor to user hostility.
Bob Leif