Case-sensitivity: why -- or why not? (was Re: Damnation!)
Martijn Faassen
m.faassen at vet.uu.nl
Sat May 27 18:53:06 EDT 2000
Tim Peters <tim_one at email.msn.com> wrote:
[snip]
> Les, Guido has been talking about this for *years*. I don't know why c.l.py
> never noticed before, but it was an old topic long before this thread began.
In fact it's very funny; I've mentioned the case-insensitivity bit a couple
of times in the recent months on this newsgroup. I've however always
included the Standard Pythonic Flamewar Suppressor; a reference to evolutionary
biology, Haskell or Aristotelian philosophy. I never thought this
made any difference, until someone *else* responded to the same question
about Py3K in *without* this Flamewar Suppressor. *then* all hell broke
loose. I therefore conclude that use of the Flamewar Suppressor actually
*works*.
Not that this entire discussion was a flamewar, though it got close in
several places (including this one). Mostly it has been moving into
tangential topics, such as old terminals and causality in Latin. Still,
look at what a little disclaimer line can do. :)
Regards,
Martijn
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