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: 103376,8d472879e3f609e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-03 04:36:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Case sensitivity (was Re: no title) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:36:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1054640195 26732 129.241.83.78 (3 Jun 2003 11:36:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:36:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38452 Date: 2003-06-03T11:36:35+00:00 List-Id: John R. Strohm wrote: > that show that mixed and lower case are easier for humans to read. You'd > think some of them never even heard that lower case HAD been invented. Sidenote: I heard recently on the radio that the reason it is called upper case and lower case was that in the old bookprinting times (I think it was from Guthenberg if I recall correctly) the capital letters were stored in the upper case (drawer) while the small letters where stored in the lower case. And from this the names came. Can anybody comfirm this? -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/