diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 8682a07..94973b1 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -334,10 +334,9 @@ http://www.multicians.org/mgc.html http://www.multicians.org/pl1.html This has some intuitive appeal; -it is useful to be able to distinguish between +it is useful to be able to distinguish between, say, the abbreviation for United State ("US") -and the first-person plural objective pronoun ("us"), -for example. +and the first-person plural objective pronoun ("us"). .. Talk more? E.g. Rob/rob, Job/job, Lot/lot, Miami Marlins vs Miami marlins, Target sale vs target sale, Scrabble/scrabble, drake/Drake @@ -359,7 +358,9 @@ to uppercase or lowercase. http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/fileCaseSens.html -However, there is no shortage of opinions that this was a bad choice. +However, there is no shortage of opinions that case-sensitive filenames +-- and even case-sensitivity in general -- +was a bad decision. Anecdotally, case sensitivity in programs is known to be error-prone for both beginners and experienced users. Bob Frankston, a Multics alumnus