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Article #1057Re: Opinions on case sensitivity in programming languages?
From: Tony Davie
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:37
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:37
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> > In article ... tswingle@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Tom Swingle) writes: > > 1. Do you prefer programming in a language which is case-sensitive or case- > insensitive (or does it even make a difference to you), and why? > Case sensitivity is a throwback to the days when the only input to a computer was a teletype or a punched card. There is no excuse for languages to be case insensitive nowadays, EXCEPT when connecting to machines which may have such equipment attached to them. This makes it sensible to make names of machines on a network, for instance, case-insensitive. Tony Davie
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!strath-cs!st-and!ajtd@honey.st-and.ac.uk From: ajtd@honey.st-and.ac.uk (Tony Davie) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Opinions on case sensitivity in programming languages? Message-ID: <1992Sep11.083718.5030@st-andrews.ac.uk> Date: 11 Sep 92 08:37:18 GMT References: <1992Sep10.034246.14218@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> <KERS.92Sep10093900@cdollin.hpl.hp.com> Sender: usenet@st-andrews.ac.uk (NNTP access user) Organization: St.Andrews University Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: 138.251.192.26