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Dan Boger wrote:
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> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:11:54 GMT Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote
> concerning 'Re: Website':
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > In lugnet.publish, Dan Boger writes:
> > > > In lugnet.publish, Karim Nassar writes:
> > > > > <sarcasm>
> > > > > Isn't it great how Windows has *improved* personal computing??
> > > > > </sarcasm>
> > > >
> > > > I can't help it... what does this have to do with windows? ;)
> > >
> > > MS made evil uppercase filenames popular. Inherited them from CP/M in 1981
> > > and didn't begin to get rid of them until 1995.
> >
> > Actually, the EVIL part isn't uppercase filenames per-se, it's that WinDOwS
> > is case-insensitive about filenames, even to the absurd point of allowing
> > filenames in IIS-served URLs to be case-insensitive. There are few things
> > more evil.
>
> oh - ok, I agree... having a case-insensitive platform, well, it just
> isn't good :) I thought the jab was at W2k or somesuch that finally
> does care about case... (Does it? I don't know - wouldn't touch it
> with a stick).
Why is case insensitivity evil? What good comes from having case
sensitivity? I have yet to see any good coming from case sensitivity in
a file system or a programming language.
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Frank Filz
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| (...) Hmm, there must be a definitive FAQ or treatise somewhere on the net about this... --Todd (who has yet to see any good coming from case INsensitivity in a file system, much less a programming language; but who has seen lots of good coming from (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 2 reasons come to me right away: Case sensitivity contributes to a faster and less-buggy environment. If you need to match a string against a set of possible matches (e.g. looking for a file in the directory, or looking for a variable in a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:06:26 GMT Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Website': (...) in programming it's easy - if I want to name a variable FILE, I don't want it to be misinterpeted as a command, if one day an upgrade introduces (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:11:54 GMT Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Website': (...) oh - ok, I agree... having a case-insensitive platform, well, it just isn't good :) I thought the jab was at W2k or somesuch that finally does (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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