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>From: Anthon 'Amiga' Pang

>I really like Modula-2, and the environment on my Amiga is really wonderful,
>but the greatest nit I have with the language is its need for reserved words
>to be capitalized (eg IF, THEN, END, WHILE, MODULE, IMPLEMENTATION...).
>
>Could someone respond with a summary of the proposed "standard" ?
>I'm hoping keywords are accepted even in lower case.  If not, does anyone
>know of a good/reliable/fast M2 preprocessor that'll convert keywords that
>appear in lower case to upper case ?  Thanks in advance.
>

I agree with you that upper case is is a bummer.  My <previous> personal
style was lower case and I have had to adapt.  I think you will find that
a preprocessor will be more trouble than its worth unless you are of the
habit of typing 1000 line programs in one sitting.  Most environments are
interactive.

Unfortunately, you will have no relief in the new standard.  It is another
case of a language forcing personal style.  However, it won't be fixed
under the "it might break existing code" principle.

Tom.

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