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From: ddb@mrvax.DEC (DAVID DYER-BENNET MRO1-2/L14 DTN 231-4076)
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Subject: Case distinction in var names
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 13:41:04 EST
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I am against case distinction in variable names because people are
taught while they learn to read English that capitalization is a matter
of style, not a matter of content (yes, there are places in English
where capitalization can be construed to change the meaning, but
darned few).  I continually find, when reading C code, that I have
ignored the case of variable names, and have to go back and check to
see if the things I've been thinking were the same, really are.

			-- David Dyer-Bennet
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