From e53ed91d72b8921e8f3f43fcf6f0995bc597fa42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Beaver Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:44:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Fix typo. --- README.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 4f7154c..4154de3 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Filename case-insensitivity. ---------------------------- Linux uses case-sensitive filenames -because Unix used case-sensitive filename. +because Unix used case-sensitive filenames. Unix was case-sensitive because Multics was case-sensitive. Multics was case-sensitive because of ASCII. @@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ Why did RT-11 use case-insensitive filenames? Because it didn't use ASCII for filenames, it used an encoding called `RADIX-50`_ to save memory. It also used three-character extensions. + .. TODO: source that says it saved memory. .. _RADIX-50: http://nemesis.lonestar.org/reference/telecom/codes/radix50.html