Actually, with today's IDEs, you'll know long before you try to compile.


>>>>Re: "However, having tried out the full LAMP stack..." -- now, if they could only do away with case-sensitivity. A real bane!
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>>>Nah - you just have to change gears. Lots of languages, like C#, are case-sensitive, even on Windows.
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>>Oh, yeah, I know. But case-sensitivity is perhaps the most stupid thing ever put into a programming language.
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>What's the big deal? The compiler will let you know if you get the case wrong. It's only a problem in loosely typed languages like xBase.