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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Just Wondering
Message-ID: <1305@frog.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 89 22:52:00 GMT
References: <17037@mimsy.UUCP> <12481@lanl.gov>
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In article <12481@lanl.gov>, jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
> From article <17037@mimsy.UUCP>, by chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek):
> > In article <13159@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> jskuskin@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
> >>    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.

In German, "Brocken" is a piece, a lump, a morsel.  "brocken" is a verb
used as in the phrase "Brot in die Suppe brocken", meaning to break bread.
German is case sensitive.  (This example is a bit contrived, especially since
"brocken" seems so limited in application.  There are some less contrived
examples in German (which I could neither remember nor find in my handy
dictionary)).
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John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101
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