Re:Nim: Scripting Ease in a Compiled Language
by cwyers on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:54PM
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SQL also does it (albeit inconsistently).
Re:Nim: Scripting Ease in a Compiled Language
by nine_k on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:03AM
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With a tool which removes case inconsistency, it's almost like a language which is case-sensitive.
Re:Nim: Scripting Ease in a Compiled Language
by lazulicurio on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @01:20AM
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Almost, but not exactly. For example, you still can't have multiple symbols in the same scope that vary only by case. Which, personally, I'm okay with.
I think that case insensitivity actually does make sense when working with symbolic identifiers. I've seen justifications for "Foo" and "foo" being distinct symbols; personally, I find that playing with casing like that reduces my ability to read code quickly.
Case insensitivity does have its downsides, but usually it's not as noticeable in VB.net because most development is done in VS, which automatically re-cases symbols to match the original definition.
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