> but I can't use _my_ grep, _my_ freetext indexer, _my_ editing constructs
Oh, but you can! These are _your_ tools, you can easily extend them by either scripting or modifying source, no problems there. Really, how much of a problem is adding a switch for underscore insensitivity to your program? Because I assume case insensitivity you had already coded.
Oh, unless by "_your_ grep" you meant a tool that someone else wrote and you're using without any real understanding of how it works and without required skill or knowledge to modify it. Right, this can happen, you're a busy man, have many obligations and no time at all to fiddle with grep. I understand.
But that also makes you completely outside of a target group of early adopters of new programming languages. So maybe stop commenting on them?
Please, be serious.
> but I can't use _my_ grep, _my_ freetext indexer, _my_ editing constructs
Oh, but you can! These are _your_ tools, you can easily extend them by either scripting or modifying source, no problems there. Really, how much of a problem is adding a switch for underscore insensitivity to your program? Because I assume case insensitivity you had already coded.
Oh, unless by "_your_ grep" you meant a tool that someone else wrote and you're using without any real understanding of how it works and without required skill or knowledge to modify it. Right, this can happen, you're a busy man, have many obligations and no time at all to fiddle with grep. I understand.
But that also makes you completely outside of a target group of early adopters of new programming languages. So maybe stop commenting on them?