Language change and code breaks

[Matthew Dixon Cowles]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 05:22:32 GMT, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
wrote:

>I have changed my mind.  I think that if I had to start over, I would
>indeed try my hands at a case-insensitive language aimed at teaching
>programming to beginners, with tools to enforce case consistency.
>Given that nobody else who currently uses Python thinks this is a
>good idea

No quite nobody. But I tend to stay out of the flamewars.

>I then settled on a case-sensitive language with case-preserving
>tools. But now I think neither is worth fighting for.

Both are excellent ideas if you ask me but, alas, I fear you're right.

Regards,
Matt