Case sensitivity

[Jacek Generowicz]

Alex Martelli <aleaxit at yahoo.com> writes:

>                                                          we, the
> Python community, seem to have accumulated too many people with
> their main background in case-sensitive languages (C/C++/Perl/
> Java/...) rather than case-insensitive ones (Pascal/Eiffel/VB...)
> for case insensitivity to ever get a "fair hearing".  Pity:-(.

Heh. I wonder how much less popular Python would have been if it had
been case insensitive from the start. My guess is that case
insensitivity would have merely been another one of those popular
newbie FAQs (like self, significant whitespace, etc.), while those who
gave Python a try would soon learn to appreciate it as one of many of
Python's "revolutionary" sensible ideas.