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Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systems (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

FILE, File, file, and FilE should all be the same thing

If these were truly the same thing, you should have not written them differently.

But you did.

[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

you should have not written them differently.

But you did.

Remember that 99% of the time that's gonna be because of a typo for 99% users. They won't have File.txt, FILE.TXT and FiLe.tXt, they'll have ReportMay.docx and REportMay.docx or whatever.

And yeah, that includes me. I don't want case-sensitivity for that reason alone. Thanks, but no thanks.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I prefer computers do what I tell them to rather than what it thinks I meant to tell it to. If I screw up, why isn't it on me to fix it? And why aren't you proofing data entry before accepting it?

[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was this really supposed to be a clever point?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

it's not "supposed". It just is.