I think this discussion needs to distinguish clearly between case-sensitive (treating caps and lower case the same) and case-insensitive (treating the upper and lower case of the same character as different). "Mixed-case" could mean either, and is therefore unclear.
IMHO, case-insensitivity is not human-friendly. I can't think of any reason to use it, but no doubt someone has, On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com>wrote: > On 2014-02-25, at 10:00, John Walker wrote: > > > So, to respond to the one comment, it was ok for the Science guys to > want mixed case things because that was what they were used to. Ok, I can > buy that. Same rationale can be applied to the C programmers. Now, let's > be fair, using the very same reasoning, I can then justify MY perception > that mixed case shouldn't be used on the mainframe, because I am used to > it. Now, if you say they can justify their actions out of their > preferrences and I can NOT do the same thing, then you surely can see how > that is not fair for everyone, right? > > > Let's see. The monocase enthusiasts have JCL as they like it. > The mixed case enthuiasts have C as they like it. All within > the z/OS environment. Something for everyone. Sounds like a > compromise; everyone should be happy. > > You sound bitter; intolerant. Would you stop the "science guys" > at the border because they speak a different language? > > Why did you write your messave in mixed case? It's probably OK > as long as you didn't compose it on a mainframe. > > -- gil > -- OREXXMan
