On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Olin Lathrop wrote:

> Case sensitivity is just asking for someone to create two variables called
> BigOats and BiGoats.

And how is this different from BigOats vs. Big0ats in a
case-insensitive language?  The fact that you *can* create variables
with confusing names doesn't meant you're going to *accidentally* do
so.  Bad practice transcends language.

But if a language lets me randomize the spelling of BigOats, I've
simply added a confusion factor for a reviewer since I'm not required
to be disciplined in my capitalization.

> I can also see how "IF" versus of "If" could get easily missed by a reviewer.

I don't think anyone is going to be reviewing code that hasn't been
compiled, and "IF" vs. "If" is not going to be missed by a compiler.

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