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From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: case sensitivity
Message-ID: <4415@goofy.megatest.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 89 22:50:47 GMT
References: <10097@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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From article <10097@smoke.BRL.MIL>, by gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn):
> In article <4402@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes:
>>I determined then, that if I ever write my dream-language, it's identifiers
>>at least will pass the telephone test.
> 
> The "telephone test" seems no more relevant for programming language
> design than it is for the validity of English grammar.  Your quoted
> sentence passes the "telephone test" despite its erroneous use of the
> contraction "it's" for the possessive pronoun "its".




Oh come on, Doug.  That doesn't make any sense.  Admit it: You just
invented an excuse for pointing out my little mistake.



		You're net.pedant,

		Dave Jones