[Python-Dev] re: syntax issues / LANL

[gvwilson@nevex.com]

> I would say by all means, post them. Please describe the prior
> experience of your students, though. I noticed that the HS teacher at
> IPC8 said that case-sensitivity was *not* a problem, and that his
> students were Linux users. Randy Pausch said it was a serious problem,
> but I think it's a safe guess most of his students had only Windows
> experience. So if your students were mostly Fortran programmers, that
> should help keep their needs in perspective, (it took me at least 2
> years to recover from the trauma of coding Fortran on punch cards).

I don't know if it's a Windows/Unix thing; however, I do think that anyone
(of any age) who's using Linux has long since been assimilated into the
case-sensitive world...  Luckily, it didn't come up in the feedback... :-)

Greg