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Nice catch. We generally keep the set of words case-sensitive because that can be helpful for disambiguation in broader corpuses ("Python" is often something d
by riffer 16y ago
Nice catch.
We generally keep the set of words case-sensitive because that can be helpful for disambiguation in broader corpuses ("Python" is often something different than "python"), and also because POS taggers tend to have trouble identifying proper nouns if case is not preserved).
But in this situation "scala" and "Scala" definitely should score similarly.
- JacobAldridge 16y ago"But in this situation "scala" and "Scala" definitely should score similarly." Not necessarily. I don't think it's a stretch to assume that those who capitalise Scala might be somewhat more geeky?
- nl 16y agoI don't think it's a stretch to assume that those who capitalise Scala might be somewhat more geeky? Scala should always start with a capital letter (it's a proper noun). People who use the lower case version either don't know, don't care, or are typing on a mobile keyboard.
- JacobAldridge 16y ago"either don't know, don't care, or are typing on a mobile keyboard" and are therefore, I would contend, less 'geeky' than those of us who consistently apply the capital. I mean, my username isn't particularly geeky, but enforcing the capitalisation must certainly be somewhere down that end of the spectrum!
- whimsy 16y agoI've never seen anyone mention a real python or ruby here. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but I think it's a safe assumption just to assume that the typist was lazy.
- riffer 16y agoI didn't think it would ever happen either, and then I saw this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=748632 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=748632 On the essence, though, you're 100% right
- jurjenh 16y agoI would go as far as to suggest that mentioning python in this manner (in this community) would in fact be geekier, thus merit a higher score. Not sure about ruby, but would venture that it wouldn't make much of a difference on the scoring...