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		dboreham on Dec 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kotlin vs. Java Aren't they all case sensitive since FORTRAN and BASIC?

Roboprog on Dec 16, 2019 | [–]

Only in the C, C++, Java, ... universe.

Worked with a few case smashers in the 80s. Smashing Unicode is hard, I guess. I don’t really have much of a preference for or against case sensitivity, though I do hate fuglyCaps

klodolph on Dec 16, 2019 | [–]

Pascal, R, Lisp, Ada, SQL are case-insensitive.

andrewbinstock on Dec 17, 2019 | [–]

And COBOL, don't forget COBOL! ;-)

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