> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P S > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CAPS Fantasia (was: argv for z/OS C++ batch) > > > OK, *not* trying to start a war, honestly curious: why do you > dislike it? > (The 8.3 filenames are, of course, all uppercase, btw.) Why > should it upper- > or lowercase the filenames? What would that buy? > > Mind you, an *option* to say "DISPLAY FILENAMES IN ALL > upper/lower CASE" > would be a plausible option. CamelCase is useful for > readability -- studies > have proven that (he says, without citation but with confidence).
I honestly don't have a good reason. I guess I think that "if you're going to ignore the case of a file name, then why bother to maintain it?". And I'm not rabid about it, at all. Likely just my own type of insanity <grin>. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
