cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 5 days agoLinus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systemswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoHmmm. I doubt that, unless they were really bad programmers, downcasing (or upcasing) the file name in the file name accessors took much work, but I’ll grant it’s more than zero. I’ll retract the “lazy” comment.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThat’s because you’re thinking in your tiny ASCII bubble. Switching case in Unicode is a hugely complex problem.
Hmmm. I doubt that, unless they were really bad programmers, downcasing (or upcasing) the file name in the file name accessors took much work, but I’ll grant it’s more than zero.
I’ll retract the “lazy” comment.
That’s because you’re thinking in your tiny ASCII bubble. Switching case in Unicode is a hugely complex problem.