case sensitivity redux (was Re: Language change and code breaks)

[Steve Holden]

"Bengt Richter" <bokr at accessone.com> wrote in message
news:3b66c4ce.904451372 at wa.news.verio.net...
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> Most of us have lots to be thankful for, clearly. Shifting case
> is also an extra finger dexterity exercise, which is difficult
> for some with good sight but other impairments.
>
My own impairment, as is frequently obvious from my posts, is being a lousy
typist and a not-terribly good proof-reader. Of course, readers might simply
lump these inabilities under the heading "careless". One never knows what
others assume...

> Yet I was in the opposition camp, favoring case sensitivity.
> I still do, though I am not happy about adding problems for
> those who already have more than their share.
>
I favored case-sensitivity *in the interpreter*. Once Guido made it clear he
was primarily interested in case-insensitive tools which layered *on top of
the interpreter* this became a non-issue for me. Though I'm not sure I
bothered to say so at the time.

> I lived a long time with UPPER CASE PROGRAMMING, and felt
> as though freed of swaddling when finally i got to use lower case.
>
> Maybe there are some conventions for case usage that would
> help in generating sound representations. Punctuation would
> probably have to be something like Victor Borge's rendering
> inside strings.

This would make a *wonderful* evening conference session. Each entrant
should choose their own Python speech-rendition system, and each then reads
the same program in their own preferred style.
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rehearsing-already-ly y'rs  - steve
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