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Re: Website
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Date: 
Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:55:46 GMT
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jsproat@io.comIHATESPAM
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*sigh*

Sproaticus wrote:
The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving, but not case-sensitive.  e.g. if
you open a file named "FiLeNaMe.txt" but the file was really saved as
"FILENAME.TXT", it'll still load.  Compare this to the Unix filesystem, where
"A" != "a".  Why they decided to implement such a brain-dead filename scheme
is beyond me.

s/Why they decided/Why Microsoft decided/;

Like the Unix filesystem, hate the Win32 filesystem.

For the record...

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society



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(...) The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. e.g. if you open a file named "FiLeNaMe.txt" but the file was really saved as "FILENAME.TXT", it'll still load. Compare this to the Unix filesystem, where "A" != "a". Why they (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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