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Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

From Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them
Followup-To comp.os.linux.misc
Date 2025-04-29 10:18 +0200
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On Mo 28 Apr 2025 at 18:56, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:12:42 -0700, John Ames wrote:
>
>> 
>> Just so, it seems to me. Of course it's many years too late for *nix to
>> course-correct on this, but it was a stupid design decision in 1970 and
>> it remains stupid now. Well, such is the nature of things in this vale
>> of sin and tears...
>>
>
> Case insensitivity was only idiotic at the beginning, but now, in the
> age of Unicode, it is supremely idiotic.
>
> Consider the German "sharp s," which I cannot enter as UTF-8 here.
>
> But the lower case sharp s maps into TWO DIFFERENT upper case chars:
> <can't enter> and "SS," e.g. STRASSE or <can't enter>.

You mean either ß -> ẞ or ß -> SS don't you?

'Andreas
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Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-27 10:21 +0000
  Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 07:56 -0700
    Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-04-28 15:45 +0000
    Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-28 13:27 -0400
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 17:58 +0000
        Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-28 15:46 -0400
          Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 01:13 +0000
            Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-04-30 10:29 +0000
              Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 17:48 +0000
    Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 19:50 +0000
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-28 16:44 -0400
        Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 01:33 +0000
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 01:16 +0000
  Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 11:12 -0700
    Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-28 18:56 +0000
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 12:31 -0700
        Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-28 20:03 +0000
          Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-04-29 01:30 +0000
            Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 04:13 +0000
              Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-04-29 10:00 +0000
          Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-05 09:23 -0700
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2025-04-29 10:18 +0200
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-04-29 14:18 +0000
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Andreas Dehmel <blackhole.8.zarquon42@spamgourmet.com> - 2025-04-29 20:11 +0200
        Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-29 19:04 +0000
          Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Andreas Dehmel <blackhole.8.zarquon42@spamgourmet.com> - 2025-04-30 21:09 +0200
            Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-02 20:14 +0000
              Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-02 23:59 +0000
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-05-03 08:09 -0400
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-03 13:52 +0100
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 22:54 +0000
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-09 21:25 +0000
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-09 17:53 -0400
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-10 09:38 +0100
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-10 09:49 +0100
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-10 11:06 +0100
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-10 11:20 +0000
                Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2025-05-03 16:48 +0200
    Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 02:43 +0000
      Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-29 19:10 +0000
  Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Gates Loves Them (was: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them) Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-29 21:18 +0000
    Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Gates Loves Them (was: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them) Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-30 08:50 +0000

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