Case sensitive and ludicrous statements

[Tim Jarman]

On Sunday 07 Dec 2003 8:53 pm, Douglas Alan wrote:

[snip]
>
> You will notice that CamelCase was extremely uncommon (if used at all)
> before the advent of case-sensitive languages, and there is good
> reason for this.  It didn't make sense then, and it doesn't make sense
> now!  (In a case-insensitive language.)
>
> |>oug

Er, I may be missing something, but why is this enthralling discussion taking 
place in a newsgroup devoted to a case-*sensitive* language? Is this an 
attempt to wind up the Martellibot or something?