north@manta.NOSC.MIL (Mark H. North) (11/13/90)
In article <20517.273e9e6b@merrimack.edu> gerlekm@merrimack.edu writes: >Help - > >Some time ago, on one of these groups, yet another discussion occurred >on whether programs should be coded in upper or lower or even mixed >case letters. Someone claimed that lower case was better, because our >eyes are more trained ("used to") to lowercase letters -- does anyone >have a reference for this, or any related studies? > >One of my profs thinks I'm making this up, and I need proof :-) >Thnaks in advance. > Well, to me, my eyes are 'trained' to see FORTRAN and BASIC in upper case, Pascal in mixed case and c in lower case and if someone gave me code violatiing these preconceived notions I would probably have a stroke. Call me hide-bound. Mark From postnews Mon Nov 12 19:35:25 1990 In article <20517.273e9e6b@merrimack.edu> gerlekm@merrimack.edu writes: >Help - > >Some time ago, on one of these groups, yet another discussion occurred >on whether programs should be coded in upper or lower or even mixed >case letters. Someone claimed that lower case was better, because our >eyes are more trained ("used to") to lowercase letters -- does anyone >have a reference for this, or any related studies? > >One of my profs thinks I'm making this up, and I need proof :-) >Thnaks in advance. > Well, to me, my eyes are 'trained' to see FORTRAN and BASIC in upper case, Pascal in mixed case and c in lower case and if someone gave me code violatiing these preconceived notions I would probably have a stroke. Call me hide-bound. Mark