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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)
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[–] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Is it just me or is that more of a hinderance?

[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

URLs aren't case-sensitive though, so wouldn't those necessarily have another kind of differentiator?

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