Re: gEDA-user: simulation advice

[Dave McGuire <mcguire-atMUNGEDneurotica_dot_com>]

On Apr 3, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Ryan Seal wrote:
>>> As a windows user who does java programming (which is case- 
>>> sensitive), I can
>>> understand being used to it, but why would you actually prefer it?
>>
>>   I can tell you why *I* prefer case-sensitivity.  It makes  
>> sense.  'A' is simply not the same thing as 'a'.  Even in  
>> something as imprecise as the English language, they are used  
>> differently.  Making things insensitive to case involves expending  
>> effort to reduce accuracy...and that really seems dumb to me.
>>
> I just had a "Windows flashback" thinking of case sensitivity. I  
> was recently coerced into reviewing some VC++ code using  
> VisualStudio - what a freaking nightmare. People speak of this IDE  
> system as if it fell from the sky - it is actually the most  
> unintuitive, complex piece of garbage I have ever laid eyes on.  
> Case insensitivity is at the top of the PITA list for non-windows  
> developers. Case sensitivity and code development (and general file/ 
> directory organization for some) go hand in hand.

   Absolutely.  Some VC++ "developers" actually hit puberty and  
become programmers.

   Some.

         -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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