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The retrocomputing question mentions the theory that upper case was selected because it would be disrespectful to put "God" in lower case. I remember reading th
by kens 3y ago
The retrocomputing question mentions the theory that upper case was selected because it would be disrespectful to put "God" in lower case. I remember reading that explanation decades ago on alt.folklore.computers, so the story has been around for a long time: groups.google.com/g/comp.misc/c/vVW0wrfLaKw/m/tr-MsouDL5YJ
The opposite question is interesting; is there anything historically that is lowercase-only?