Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!border-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:26:16 +0000 From: steve g Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Case-Sensitivity (was Re: Taming The Switch-Statement) References: <119qf6l$2rmg3$1@dont-email.me> <11b6224$2ejik$1@dont-email.me> <11b774o$2m8c9$3@dont-email.me> <11b7k22$2v8e5$1@dont-email.me> <11b8f5h$67l$1@reader2.panix.com> <11baah2$3te3v$1@dont-email.me> <11bb5ou$8nfg$2@dont-email.me> <11bcc4o$jt81$1@dont-email.me> <20261022094427.210@kylheku.com> <11bdp73$15nor$1@dont-email.me> <11bf2s9$1eo7q$2@dont-email.me> <11bgj4c$265sc$2@dont-email.me> <11bi2vp$2jjto$3@dont-email.me> <11bk1cd$3al3q$1@dont-email.me> <11blot8$3u91s$5@dont-email.me> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:26:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87bj8enxx3.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:R0c1Sig5UcPqdq0/bZIvpVGnX/I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 15 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-nbhu37yxjj98XfhVdKZveb4uQ+e9rrSg9QKnVRgdHEpCP5oCIR0W6ySOzmoRCtdrAd7rReLV7G/zF21!cP+46EUxp3KFVID4Mhzxv+dgl3KoafeBDPE3Ueeq+H74J+k= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:403689 Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes: > On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:42:50 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: > >> _this good, _This bad? > > If asked “how many letters are there in the English alphabet?”, what > answer do you think (normal) people are more likely to give: “26” or > “52”? > > I think the instinctive answer most people would give is “26”. 128 if you count space, ; : ; 1 0 & ~