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Article #2341RE: Why no ** operator in Modula2?
From: UNBCIC
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 11:51
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 11:51
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=> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 18:13:10 GMT
=> From: Larry Smith
=> <cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!balrog!smith@UCBVAX.BI
TNET>
=> Subject: RE: Why no ** operator in Modula2?
=> In article <1991Jun18.171233.22657@rock.concert.net> mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Sco
tt
=> McMahan) writes:
=> >
=> >and I *HATE* CaseSensiTivityInModulesAndProcedures! I never *use*
=> >uppercase/lowercase names (:-)) but the library modules do.
=>
=> Of course, it *does* enforce a consistancy of spelling which makes for
=> more readable programs, at the expense of typing them properly in the
=> first time.
Well, in other languages I *do* use a lot upper/lowercase names. I use
uppercase names for external (to the module) names, lowercase for functions and
Uppercase just the first letter for procedures. This can't be done in Modula 2.
=> Larry Smith
=> smith@ctron.com
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