info/why-linux-is-better
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/nbeaver/why-linux-is-better.git synced 2025-08-14 01:44:04 +02:00
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

Fix typo.

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Nathaniel Beaver
2015-10-23 09:44:51 -05:00
parent 500f96fa09
commit e53ed91d72
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

3
README.rst
View File

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Filename case-insensitivity.
---------------------------- ----------------------------
Linux uses case-sensitive filenames 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. Unix was case-sensitive because Multics was case-sensitive.
Multics was case-sensitive because of ASCII. 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, Because it didn't use ASCII for filenames,
it used an encoding called `RADIX-50`_ to save memory. it used an encoding called `RADIX-50`_ to save memory.
It also used three-character extensions. It also used three-character extensions.
.. TODO: source that says it saved memory. .. TODO: source that says it saved memory.
.. _RADIX-50: http://nemesis.lonestar.org/reference/telecom/codes/radix50.html .. _RADIX-50: http://nemesis.lonestar.org/reference/telecom/codes/radix50.html