Why make a language case sensitive?

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I don't see why ENFORCING case sensitivity precludes the use of naming conventions.
If the restriction was lifted, I think it would help in the development
phase, especially when it comes to guessing method names.
Later you could always go back and straighten anything glaring out, anyway.
I don't think that if things were relaxed you would find heaps of uGly
And WEird lAnguAge Usage. This could be dealt with, anyway.

With case anal-retention annoying errors and obfuscation (accidental by
a newbie or deliberate) are easier to create. 
Oh I get it!  :)
No seriously, I think there is a case for case relaxation. I say  R e l
a x.  
> If you're used to C++ (or Python or Java), which don't have
> to be Unix-based, then you quickly discover that a simple naming
> convention in your code makes for easy (cheap) maintenance and
> reuse...
> 
> e.g.
> 
>     MyClass ...             Class definition
>     myClass ...             Instance of class (or other 'variable')
>     MYCLASS ...             Constant (maybe an enumeration)
> 
> Then, within a class, instance or variable name, mixed case aids
> readability:
> 
>     A = ...                            ? Old Basic  ;-)
>     mainwindowframeborderwidth =  ...  Caseless language (or poor C++)
>     mainWindowFrameBorderWidth =  ...  IMHO better
> 
> Take a look at example code for any of the major languages and I'm
> sure that you'll spot a trend... Of course, if you're an assembler
> programmer, then you probably don't care -- but even assemblers
> can be case sensitive :-)
> 
>    John
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