Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!orca!mako!jans From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: Alternative Structures Message-ID: <456@mako.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 13:21:40 EST Article-I.D.: mako.456 Posted: Mon Dec 17 13:21:40 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:40:08 EST References: <8900018@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 12 In article <8900018@uiucdcsb.UUCP> wsmith@uiucdcsb.UUCP writes: >Is there any reason that case can not be used to contain semantic >information? ... For example, all identifiers would have to begin with an >upper case letter and the rest of the identifier would be lower case. Smalltalk style uses this very construct for global (vs local) object identifiers. This maps nicely to the English (not english) language concept of proper nouns and common nouns. But alas, this style is merely a convention, and is not enforced by the compiler. -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::