On: “Screw it, I'll make my own” – The story of a new ...

[WalterBright]

Fortran was case-insensitive because it used early character encodings that did not support sensitivity.

[xjay → WalterBright]

Yes, I alluded to that by way of the sixth bit, I just had no reference to whether it was something they chose to do, or had no other choice at the time.