Case-sensitivity: why -- or why not? (was Re: Damnation!)

[Bill Anderson]

Emile van Sebille wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Boddie <paulb at infercor.no>
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > What are the problems with case insensitivity? Being aware
> that some names which
> > might look very different actually refer to the same
> thing, because it is the
> > "pattern" of case in these names which is the only thing
> distinguishing them.
> >
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Paul
> 
> This past weekend, I inherited a web site project laid
> out for NT using VBSript.  I re-hosted to linux with
> Chili!Soft.  My major problem so far has been case
> issues related to winxx/*nix file system.  In particular,
> quoted references to files were inconsistent in the code.
> AUTH.asp vs auth.asp vs AUTH.ASP. ;(  Windows liked this
> just fine.  Linux of course didn't.  These problems
> will continue to exist regardless of which way python
> moves as long as the *nixen distinguish file names
> based on case.


Or as long as non *nixen preserve yet ignore case. ;-)