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>They still allow you to define constants in all-caps.  The impact it
>makes is not so different with defining globals as such.  Try Ruby.

The reason I used to prefer using all uppercase/capital letters, the variab=
le=20
definitations would stand out similar to C style definition macros.  Variab=
les=20
become extremely identifiable and comprehensible.

Not so much with underscore prefix, however I'll try learning.

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