Jennifer wrote:
>unix case always matter, its actually very important. Microsoft FAT file
>systems dont care. Although with windows it may appear that things can
>have upper and lower, it doesnt affect the program I believe.
I don't think it matters for files (although they are saved with their case
preserved). Programs (such as gzip/gunzip) however care about case for
their switches and this is not good (for instance it's very easy to make a
misstake).
>I think case should matter as it allows flexability.
Sure, and confusion ;-)
There's a reason why one shouldn't have one variable in a programming
language (such as C/C++) named somevar and another named someVar.
//Bernie
