Subject: Case-sensitivity goals, policy and implementation
From: Albert Reiner
Date: 11 Oct 2004 15:40:27 +0200
[ Posting this on behalf of "Dudley, Jeremy" <Dudley_J@wrcplc.co.uk>,
whose posting from Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:31:31 +0100 was rejected: ]
"In maths, I am used to case sensitivity. As a simple example, 'a' being a
vector and 'A' being a matrix. In programming, I loathe case sensitivity. I
want 'a' and 'A' to be the same, not a cause for confusion; too often do I
type something like 'COmmon' when I want 'Common.' In a language that
demands variable declaration this can be picked up, at least to some extent.
Maxima does not demand such an approach, so the risk of propagation of
mistakes seems too high."
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