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@@ -282,14 +282,16 @@ http://www.multicians.org/mgc.html
http://www.multicians.org/pl1.html http://www.multicians.org/pl1.html
Besides permitting more options filenames, This has some intuitive appeal;
this has the additional benefit of making it is useful to be able to distinguish between
`string comparisons simpler and faster`_ 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 because they don't have to occasionally convert
to uppercase or lowercase. 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 Bear in mind that it's MUCH more work for a filesystem to be
case-insensitive than -sensitive. A filesystem is case-sensitive by case-insensitive than -sensitive. A filesystem is case-sensitive by
default, in the simplest case; it can only be made case-INsensitive through default, in the simplest case; it can only be made case-INsensitive through