On Tuesday, Oct 22, 2002, at 20:37 US/Pacific, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: > I'd imagine they avoided making file paths case insensitive because > *nix > allows you to have 2 or more separate files or directories named > Application, APPLICATION and AppliCATioN. I've never really understood > why > this is considered a feature.
Er, because Dawn is a person and dawn is an event? We draw a distinction between case in our language - why should the filesystem be different? I've also wondered why Windows was so brain dead in assuming FiLe and fIlE were the same. Guess it depends on your background. However, I agree that having files that differ only in case is bad practice (as it is in languages that are case sensitive, like C, C++, Java etc). Hmm, I don't know whether case sensitive languages outnumber case insensitive languages but it's also worth bearing in mind that C is case sensitive and UNIX was originally written in C so it makes sense that UNIX's creators made it case sensitive. "SOAP is not so much a means of transmitting data but a mechanism for calling COM objects over the Web." -- not Microsoft (surprisingly!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
