On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:50:05 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:39:13 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: > >>On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:13:58 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> >>>What objective would be served by converting to lower case? >> >>Easier parsing. If everything input is all in one case, it is a bit easier >>to parse the commands and options entered. >> >This shortly becomes totalitarion; Procrustean. For example, >there's no way to pass mixed case data under control of >"allocate dsn(*) ...". There ought at least to be an ASIS/CAPS >option on that construct, not the apparent attitude of "We don't >need no steenkin lower case."
I agree. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
