Re: Correctness? To a newcomer, it doesn't seem that way.

["STeve Andre'" <andres_(_at_)_msu_(_dot_)_edu>]

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 20:49, Fafa Diliha Romanova wrote:
> Hello.
>
> It seems a bit weird to me, that the "world's finest operating system"
> emphasizing correctness above all, can't even get its text layout straight:
>
> ---
>
> Note the inconsistent mix of cases:
[snip]

No, it wouldn't make it more correct.  You are thinking along the lines
that the output of a program is an English sentence, I think.  That is
wrong: it is communication, but not a formal one.  Upper casing the
first character of a word implies certain things in writing, but doing
it in the example you give makes little sense.

There is also the tradition of lower case usage in BSD operating
systems.

--STeve Andre'