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Re: CLI Java Glitch

Date	2011-07-21 20:58 -0400
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: CLI Java Glitch
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On 6/21/2011 8:54 PM, Peter Duniho wrote:
> On 6/21/11 4:37 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:11:41 -0700, Peter Duniho
>> <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Speaking of "shoddy", some might consider it "shoddy" to call the
>>> _operating system_ "case-insensitive" when in fact it's the _file
>>> system_ that is case-insensitive.
>>
>> Please do not nitpick.
>
> I have been known to nitpick, but making a distinction between operating
> system and file system is far from that.

That is true.

But it is not correct in the sense of being complete that it is the
file system that is case insensitive.

It is the file system and the command interpreter (shell in
*nix terminology).

Not all command are actual executables.

Arne

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Re: CLI Java Glitch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-21 20:58 -0400
  Re: CLI Java Glitch Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-07-21 18:14 -0700
    Re: CLI Java Glitch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-22 17:19 -0400
      Re: CLI Java Glitch Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-07-22 19:45 -0700
        Re: CLI Java Glitch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-22 23:17 -0400
          Re: CLI Java Glitch Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-07-22 20:25 -0700
            Re: CLI Java Glitch Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-22 23:38 -0400
              Re: CLI Java Glitch lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 09:09 -0700
    Re: CLI Java Glitch Esmond Pitt <esmond.pitt@bigpond.com> - 2011-07-22 18:41 +1000
      Re: CLI Java Glitch Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-07-25 11:25 +0000

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