Case-sensitivity: why -- or why not? (was Re: Damnation!)

[Terry Reedy]

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote

> You're saying it's unacceptable -- a vote.  But you don't say *why*

> Here's a way to make your vote count: explain what it is about case
> sensitive languages that you hate.  Then we can have a discussion
> about it.

I don't hate case insensitivity, but I think that I probably prefer,
overall, as is.

One reason: coming to programming from math, I am used to and make use of
such common conventions as 'x is a single number, X is an array [list] of
x's'.

TJ Reedy