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Re: [rtcweb] Uppercase question for RFC2119 words

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net> Wed, 30 March 2016 17:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Uppercase question for RFC2119 words
To: Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com>, Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net>
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On 3/30/2016 9:52 AM, Adam Roach wrote:
> On 3/30/16 11:32, Dave Cridland wrote:
>> Finally, I'd note in passing that "bill" and "Bill", "will" and
>> "Will", "heather" and "Heather", all have different semantics based on
>> case - not that this is particular relevant.
>
> It's actually quite relevant, since it shows that we already have
> significant cases in which merely changing letter case can alter meaning
> nontrivially.


Except that the assertion that case alters meeting is wrong.  The 
examples given were wrong, adam.


d/

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   Dave Crocker
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