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On 6/22/2011 10:16 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
...
>       Being perfectly correct is not good enough when playing with
> others who may well have other priorities.  When a program and a user
> conflict over interface issues, I think that the user should be the
> one to prevail.

When dealing with a single-user program that makes sense.

Of course, javac and java are both used by many users. How do you
propose to let "the user" be the one to prevail, when there are
thousands of users with different backgrounds and interface expectations?

I find the case insensitivity of MS-Windows file names very
counter-intuitive. Does that mean MS-Windows should be changed so that
Patricia-as-the-user can prevail?

Patricia