Ake Hedman wrote :

> But you must agree that for a human
> 
> "RunThisCommand"
> and
> "RUNTHISCOMMAND"
> and
> "runthiscommand"
> 
> should be interpreted to be the same by an HMI. 

It depends. If that is entered in an address field on an
order form, I'd expect the application to save it as-is
(That is, keeping upper/lower case as-entered).


> And also it would be 
> very bad coding style to have two variables
> 
> int btest;
> and
> bool bTest;

Of course, that's why I prefer *programming languages*
to be case-insensitive.

> By definition your programming code is a HMI also.

But not what most put into that TLW (Three Letter Word).
The common definition seems to be the interface between the
end-user and the "machine". And, in this regard, the programmer
is not an end-user.

Jan-Erik.
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