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"Gautier no_direct_reply_please" <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com> writes:

> Let's add that this not the typical style or a required syntax
> of Ada, but bad habits of programmers who were accustomed
> to punched cards, capital letters, PDP-8 machines and were
> resticted to program in FORTRAN-66 or C in their youth.

ALL_CAPS *was* the recommended style for Ada 83.
So it doesn't go back to punch cards and the like.

Fortunately, in Ada 95, the recommended style is Not_All_Caps.

- Bob