The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram Moolenaar

Re:The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram Moolenaar by jcl on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @01:04PM (#895060)

I think making the keywords all-caps is a mistake. Capital letters draw the eye -- all-caps doubly so, and at the expense of readability.

Anything in all-caps had better be pretty damn important for the programmer to read. And while keywords are vital to the compiler's understanding of the program, they are arguably among the least important text for the programmer to read, as they can generally be inferred from visual length, placement, and formatting.

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Re:The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram Moolenaar by raganwald on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @01:48PM (#895198)

Keywords are punctuation for programs. Keywords in capitals are shouting the punctuation out instead of the words. So just as you say, keywords in capitals are the equivalent of you writing:

I think making the keywords all DASH caps is a mistake PERIOD Capital letters draw the eye EMDASH all DASH caps doubly so COMMA and at the expense of readability PERIOD

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Re:The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram Moolenaar by mapleoin on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @01:21PM (#895124)

don't forget syntax highlighting

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Re:The Zimbu programming language, by vim author Bram Moolenaar by rick_2047 on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @05:22PM (#895645)

also small caps are harder to type its just tedious to change the case so often

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