case sensitivity
Dave Jones
djones at megatest.UUCP
Tue Apr 25 08:50:47 AEST 1989
>From article <10097 at smoke.BRL.MIL>, by gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn):
> In article <4402 at goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones at megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes:
>>I determined then, that if I ever write my dream-language, it's identifiers
>>at least will pass the telephone test.
>
> The "telephone test" seems no more relevant for programming language
> design than it is for the validity of English grammar. Your quoted
> sentence passes the "telephone test" despite its erroneous use of the
> contraction "it's" for the possessive pronoun "its".
Oh come on, Doug. That doesn't make any sense. Admit it: You just
invented an excuse for pointing out my little mistake.
You're net.pedant,
Dave Jones
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