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From: Tim_CDC_Roberts@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Just Wondering
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Date: 24 Apr 89 16:03:09 GMT
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>>>    Why is C case-sensitive?
>> BecAUSe peopLE arE CaSE senSITive, as YOU CAn noW see.
>  The fact is that most people are _NOT_ case sensitive with respect to 
>  the _MEANINGS_ of the words.  So,

i was reading a book recently which covered this topic from a linguistics
point of view.  the book rhetorically asked if the reader could come up with
any reason why the first letter of a sentence should be capitalized.
when one comes right down to it, there is no good reason; you already have
the period to visually terminate the previous sentence.

so let's establish a new standard right now.  from this point forward, 
the only allowable usage of capital letters shall be for EMPHASIS.  this 
will permit emphasis to be rendered on devices which do not support 
underlining.  once underlining is universally supporte on all media and
all devices, we can eliminate capital letters altogether, and think of 
something else to do with 26 entries in the ascii table (smiley faces?).

                                 :-)

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