β² 614 βΌ Remember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitive (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 239 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (4 children) Is it just me or is that more of a hinderance? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) I absolutely fail to see the utility of having a user called Bob and bob, or a dir called Downloads and downloads. Capitalisation makes sense in code - at a glance I can know I'm looking at a Class or a var, but for system administration it has only ever wasted time, and not once made anything easier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] letsgo@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) If capitalisation is used to indicate the start of words then it could make sense for a webserver to serve ExpertsExchange and ExpertSexChange. But yeah having 16 possible versions of "main" would be horrendous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago URLs aren't case-sensitive though, so wouldn't those necessarily have another kind of differentiator? permalink fedilink source parent [β] shapis@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Definitely an inconvenient thing. permalink fedilink source parent [β] mr_satan@monyet.cc 4 points 2 years ago Yeah permalink fedilink source parent [β] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* I honestly don't get why everyone is agreeing with Windows on this one. I just love how explicit Linux is. file.txt is fucking file.txt. Don't do any type extra magic. Do exactly as I'm saying. If I say "open file.txt", it is "open file.txt", not "open File.txt". The feature isn't being able to create filenames with the same name, nobody does that. The feature is how explicit it is. It would be so confusing to read some code trying to access FILE.TXT and then find the filesystem has file.txt permalink fedilink source parent
[β] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) I absolutely fail to see the utility of having a user called Bob and bob, or a dir called Downloads and downloads. Capitalisation makes sense in code - at a glance I can know I'm looking at a Class or a var, but for system administration it has only ever wasted time, and not once made anything easier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] letsgo@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) If capitalisation is used to indicate the start of words then it could make sense for a webserver to serve ExpertsExchange and ExpertSexChange. But yeah having 16 possible versions of "main" would be horrendous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago URLs aren't case-sensitive though, so wouldn't those necessarily have another kind of differentiator? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] letsgo@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) If capitalisation is used to indicate the start of words then it could make sense for a webserver to serve ExpertsExchange and ExpertSexChange. But yeah having 16 possible versions of "main" would be horrendous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago URLs aren't case-sensitive though, so wouldn't those necessarily have another kind of differentiator? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago URLs aren't case-sensitive though, so wouldn't those necessarily have another kind of differentiator? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] shapis@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Definitely an inconvenient thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* I honestly don't get why everyone is agreeing with Windows on this one. I just love how explicit Linux is. file.txt is fucking file.txt. Don't do any type extra magic. Do exactly as I'm saying. If I say "open file.txt", it is "open file.txt", not "open File.txt". The feature isn't being able to create filenames with the same name, nobody does that. The feature is how explicit it is. It would be so confusing to read some code trying to access FILE.TXT and then find the filesystem has file.txt permalink fedilink source parent
