From ab1ca95b4587de16b536c8c670ac880bd842ff9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Beaver Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:19:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Summarize arguments in favor. --- README.rst | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 8f2f506..b77a445 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -282,14 +282,16 @@ http://www.multicians.org/mgc.html http://www.multicians.org/pl1.html -Besides permitting more options filenames, -this has the additional benefit of making -`string comparisons simpler and faster`_ +This has some intuitive appeal; +it is useful to be able to distinguish between +the abbreviation for United State ("US") +and the first-person plural objective pronoun ("us"), +for example. +It also provideds more possibilities for filenames, +and makes filename comparisons simpler and faster because they don't have to occasionally convert to uppercase or lowercase. -.. _string comparisons simpler and faster: http://www.raizlabs.com/graiz/2007/02/11/linuxunix-case-sensitivity/ - Bear in mind that it's MUCH more work for a filesystem to be case-insensitive than -sensitive. A filesystem is case-sensitive by default, in the simplest case; it can only be made case-INsensitive through