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On 05/21/2016 12:01 AM, jrmarino wrote:
>
> Artistic licence.  I can call it (AdaBase) whatever I want and stylize
> however I like.

True. Choosing names and styles that have been demonstrated to alienate at least
some of your potential users seems counterproductive, however.

> Then you'd define that language as case-sensitive, something Ada is not, and
> that's the major flaw in people objection to how capitals are used.  While
> some people might use weird editors, they also might be in the great
> minority.

No, it would be case insensitive, but case aware. That is, identifiers that 
differ only in case would be the same identifier, but some of them would be 
illegal. The language would have a lot of such rules, intended mainly to 
alienate potential users.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Son of a window-dresser."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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