Here's a fun experiment. Find your favorite *IX person. Ask them why case-sensitivity is A Good Thing. Report back here.
I have yet to find one who has any real reason other than "because". On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Gord Tomlin < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2014-02-24 10:09, John Walker wrote: > >> Mixed case is industry standard? What industry, mainframe assembler, or >> C programming industry standard? Come on. This is just more C programmers >> trying to foist the mixed case abomination off onto the mainframe in order >> to make us conform to what they are used to. Honestly, it IS more error >> prone to have that ridiculous mixed case approach than mono-case. Upper or >> lower, I don't care which, but it DOES avoid more headaches. And the >> 'headaches' that are described for the pre-trained mixed-case readers is >> because of a normal need to de-train your mind from mixed case reading. I >> encountered the same situation when I first entered the mainframe area. >> That's normal. However, trying to make all mainframers, admittedly a >> small group now, to conform to you is a bit pushy, wouldn't you think? >> > > The discussion here has been about HLASM accepting mixed case input, not > about it being sensitive to the case of an identifier. Mixed case text > is demonstrably easier to read than all upper case. On the other hand, > there has been no shortage of problems in case-sensitive languages such > as C involving two identifiers differing only in the case of a single > character. > > -- > > Regards, Gord Tomlin > Action Software International > (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) > Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
