I agree, let's retire this thread. I only re-opened it up having just came from the VB project while maintaining all of my other standard uppercase stuff. It became clear to me then.
It keeps my head in the different environments. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Casing Programming > Oh come on, this argument again? Listen, you can program in mixed case with > U2. It's just that some of us have decided to stay with uppercase and others > have not. 99.9% of the users out there don't know and don't care how the > programs are built just as long as they work. The one's that complain about > it are programmers that are stuck with what they learned also. They should > check and realize that most of the languages they are talking about that use > mixed case won't allow you to use anything but mixed case. So U2 is actually > more advanced because you can use either. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Gravagno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 2:46 PM > Subject: RE: [U2] Casing Programming > > > > George wrote: > >> The reason many of us use upper case is that we started on systems > >> that only supported upper case. > > > > This was exactly my point. Some of these environments have never been > > changed because there are a lot of people who wrote code 20+ years ago and > > don't want to change the way they do things. Should other features not be > > added because more seasoned programmers wouldn't use them? That seems a > > bit backwards. For the rest of us who have worked with other languages > > sometime in the last 20+ years (and yes, I've been working with MV BASIC > > for 25 years myself and about 20 other languages and dialects during that > > time), all upper case is completely unorthodox. There's nothing wrong > > with > > all upper case and it's easy enough to read and write - I'm not advocating > > use of mixed case or even case insensitive development. Personally > > however, I and many others prefer code in lower/mixed case, for all of the > > same reasons that written text is in mixed case. The option should be > > there for those who want it. That includes the ability to not have to > > worry about the casing used to enter data. The lack of such options makes > > our environments look dated - it's just another thing for people to > > comment > > on, or even laugh at, when we introduce them to MV products. > > > > T > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
