Explanation of "Case-sensitive"

Robt. I. Ransbottom rob at phavl.UUCP
Mon Apr 24 10:41:41 AEST 1989


In article <860 at tp.Solbourne.COM>, ddv at Solbourne.COM (Dan DeVries) writes:
> [...]
> Why is C case sensitive?  And who can we blame for this mistake?

Why waste the cycles.
Who?  Thompson & Ritchie get the credit for this.

I can't recall any required use of uppercase in C.  tolower your source
into cc if you wish.

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 ...!uunet!phavl!rob              Robert Ransbottom



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