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@@ -735,6 +735,21 @@ For example, the Linux port of the `Unity engine`_ has `issues with case-sensiti
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The old DOS/Mac people thought case insensitivity was a "helpful"
idea, and that was understandable - but wrong - even back in the 80's.
They are still living with the end result of that horrendously bad
decision decades later. They've _tried_ to fix their bad decisions,
and have never been able to (except, apparently, in iOS where somebody
finally had a glimmer of a clue).
--- Linux Torvalds (2018)
https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10717177/
.. https://lists.openwall.net/linux-ext4/2018/12/08/16
.. https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg136876.html
.. [#MSDOS_case_insensitive] .. [#MSDOS_case_insensitive]
Do not assume case sensitivity. For example, consider the names OSCAR, Do not assume case sensitivity. For example, consider the names OSCAR,