August 2007 Entries

lowercase keywords, redux

I'm back from vacation and finally got a chance to wade through the 47 comments on my previous entry on lowercase keywords. Anything that touches on lexical or syntatic issues usually provokes a pretty strong response, and I was glad (?) to see that this still held true. Reading through the comments, I think there are a few things that I should add to my previous entry: I was only musing about changing the appearance of keywords and was saying nothing about changing case insensitivity. I like case insensitivity and there are absolutely no plans to propose changing that...