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Subject: Re: Moderated C group ? (was Re: Postin
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> Top on my list of "inappropriate" questions would be "So how come C is case
> sensitive?"

On which newsgroup IS it appropriate.  Inquiring minds might want to know the
real history behind the decision to make C case sensitive.  Is discussion of
the history of the C language inappropriate on comp.lang.c?

--Phil howard--  <phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>