Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:100593 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 6713 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2017 13:55:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Sep 2017 13:55:24 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=addw@phcomp.co.uk; sender-id=permerror Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=addw@phcomp.co.uk; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain phcomp.co.uk designates 78.32.209.33 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: addw@phcomp.co.uk X-Host-Fingerprint: 78.32.209.33 freshmint.phcomp.co.uk Received: from [78.32.209.33] ([78.32.209.33:52602] helo=mint.phcomp.co.uk) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id A9/20-19300-B4A8AB95 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:55:24 -0400 Received: from addw by mint.phcomp.co.uk with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dsUbv-0007jm-Ob for internals@lists.php.net; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:55:19 +0100 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:55:19 +0100 To: internals@lists.php.net Message-ID: <20170914135519.GW8096@phcomp.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: internals@lists.php.net References: <3D.0C.10715.383F8B95@pb1.pair.com> <1505382004.4078127.1105791680.3A06C2FA@webmail.messagingengine.com> <16.4C.19300.B2D7AB95@pb1.pair.com> <7394E3CE-B05A-474E-8AB5-A651FDD35232@gmail.com> <47.8F.19300.9988AB95@pb1.pair.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47.8F.19300.9988AB95@pb1.pair.com> Organization: Parliament Hill Computers Ltd User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate and remove case-insensitive constants? From: addw@phcomp.co.uk (Alain Williams) On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 02:48:06PM +0100, Tony Marston wrote: > "Rowan Collins" wrote in message > news:7394E3CE-B05A-474E-8AB5-A651FDD35232@gmail.com... > > > >On 14 September 2017 13:59:20 BST, Tony Marston > > wrote: > >>Why should the > >>English-speaking world be forced to suffer just because some minor > >>languages > >>cannot handle case folding? > > > >Have you any idea how arrogant this sounds? Why should "the > >English-speaking world" get to make up the rules? What criteria > >make something "a minor language"? Who gave you the right to make > >such lofty pronouncements? > > Because the English-speaking world invented both computers and the > languages used to program them. The light bulb was invented by an English man (Joseph Swan), the television by a Scott (John Logie Baird); so should the Brits and Scots be the ones that define light bulb and TV standards to suit their convenience ? -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include