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RE: CASE SENSITIVITY, REPLY TO COMMENTS
- To: KIM.JKF AT UCB-C70
- Subject: RE: CASE SENSITIVITY, REPLY TO COMMENTS
- From: mike at RAND-UNIX
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1982 18:10:00 -0000
- Cc: COMMON-LISP AT SU-AI
- In-reply-to: YOUR MESSAGE OF 25 AUG 1982 23:15:45-PDT 25-AUG-82 23:22:56-PDT (WED). <60852.29572.KIM@BERKELEY>
I'M GLAD THAT THE ISSUE OF CASE SENSITIVITY WAS REOPENED AS I THINK
THAT THERE IS A REALITY ISSUE HERE THAT IS BEING MISSED.
IF THE STANDARD DOES NOT MAKE PROVISION FOR UPPER/LOWER CASE
THEN YOU WILL HAVE GUARANTEED THAT FROM DAY ONE THERE WILL BE IMPLEMENTATIONS
OF "COMMONLISP" THAT DO NOT MEET THE STANDARD. THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A
LARGE COMMUNITY OF COMPUTER AND LISP USERS WHO BELIEVE THAT MOVING
TO UPPER/LOWER CASE IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
THAT HAVE MADE WORKING WITH COMPUTERS MORE SWELL.
JOHN HAS OFFERED A VERY REASONABLE IMPLEMENTATION
THAT ALLOWS UPPER-CASE ONLY SYSTEMS TO EXIST AS WELL ALLOWING OTHERS
TO MOVE INTO A MORE FULL-ASCII REALITY.
MICHAEL WAHRMAN
(LISP USER, NOT IMPLEMENTOR)