case sensitivity

[David Dyer-Bennet]

In article <319.nlhp3 at oracle.nl> bengsig at oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) writes:
:What does the use of upper and lower case in English has to do with C
:programming?

The skill of reading, learned over 12 or so years sometimes even before
you ever write a computer program, is heavily used when writing (and
particularly when modifying) computer programs.  My argument is that
changing the "reading rules" of the language, particularly, in this case,
the rules about case sensitivity, set up an unnecessary barrier to people
trying to acquire the programming skill, and continue to cause at least
low-level cognitive dissonance for some time (many years) after you've
surmounted the initial hurdle.
-- 
David Dyer-Bennet, ddb at terrabit.fidonet.org, or ddb at ns.network.com
or ddb at Lynx.MN.Org, ...{amdahl,hpda}!bungia!viper!ddb
or ...!{rutgers!dayton | amdahl!ems | uunet!rosevax}!umn-cs!ns!ddb
or Fidonet 1:282/341.0, (612) 721-8967 9600hst/2400/1200/300