From: Christian Leskowsky <christian.leskowsky@...>
Date: 2006-01-14T09:14:31+09:00
Subject: Re: [Sidetracking] question about require

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Thoroughly entertaining! :-)

On 1/13/06, David Vallner <david@vallner.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:03:35 +0100, <mental@rydia.net> wrote:
>
> > Quoting David Vallner <david@vallner.net>:
> >
> >> Three hoolays for systems that aren't arbitrarily case-sensitive.
> >
> > In which locale's notion of case? ;)
> >
> > -mental
> >
>
>
> Oi, the Titanic of my ramble is getting ready to hit a iceberg. But, here
> goes: in a locale AND context where case distinction isn't semantically
> significant or actually helpful. Like programming language libraries name=
d
> in languages using the latin alphabet and using capital letters for
> reasons of historical conventions rather than to disambiguate the meaning
> of words *pant*. Unless someone tells me what would come from having
> distinct "redcloth" and "RedCloth" libs aside from sadistically enjoying
> the torment of people that confuse them.
>
> Another example: filesystem filename lookup. </troll> *dons his +5
> Asbestos Plate Mail, +80% flame resistance, and prepares to duck objects
> thrown at him*
>
> David Vallner
>
>


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