There's a case sensititivity discussion going on at Lambda the Ultimate. I assume this is one of those conversations that is just doomed to repeat itself ad infinitum (or at least until doublespeak starts to gain ground as an alternative to natural language).
One of the things they have over there is a genealogy of programming languages. I find that in this world of formal specifications, reference manuals, and cookbooks, just sampling the history of a subject really does the most for me. Maybe part of that is because history is more apt to tell you about the reasoning behind design decisions rather than trying to force feed them to you.
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