[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Scheme should not be changed to be case sensitive.

From: Arthur A. Gleckler <arthur>
Date: Tue Nov 14 15:02:49 2006

On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:

> On Nov 14, Arthur A. Gleckler wrote:
>> The invariant I'm interested in preserving is that two symbols that
>> differ only in case will, unless the programmer does something to
>> ensure otherwise, intern to the same symbol.
>
> Funny that the invariant I'm interested in is that symbols that differ
> only in case will, unless the programmer does something to ensure
> otherwise, intern to two different symbols. I hold that opinion for
> any other cultural features that can be used instead of "case".
> (Would you want to learn capitalization rules in Fooish?)

If I were reading code written in Fooish, I would already have had to
learn the rules of Fooish, so it wouldn't be a problem. When I
studied ancient Greek, I learned its rules so that I could read the
language. The same idea applies here.
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