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Subject:Re: Boolean or boolean From:Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 21 Nov 1997 06:45:51 -0600
Eric Thomas wrote:
>
> Here's a strange one... my engineers and I are having a discussion
> about whether to capitalize the "B" in Boolean operator or leave it
> lowercase.
<snip>
> Does anyone have an authoritative opinion?
Eric and everyone--
In Java, boolean is a primitive data type, so it should be lowercase.
String, for instance, is not a primitive data type, so it must take an
initial capital letter. I'm not certain a capital B on boolean will
cause a compiler error. I know a small _s_ on String will. That might be
where the SMEs are coming from.
Chris
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