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Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systems (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What about case insensitive programming languages?

Im a python programmer so I'm used to it, but my coworkers are SAS programmers that is case insensitive and they keep getting errors when trying to write python because of that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ouch. Relying on case sensitivity is a lousy coding choice, anyway. No one is made better off by having a case change carry meaning.

Edit: Before anyone asks, I like case convention as a courtesy, too. But my code doesn't rely on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Python is case insensitive? Or do mean that it's not? The phrasing is a little confusing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Python is case sensitive. I think they're saying their coworkers are writing case insensitive code which is causing errors (perhaps writing myFunction and then calling it via myfunction which would result in an undefined error)