On 8/26/25 11:55, Phil Smith III wrote:
Think of 52 different characters, not two typographic variants of 26 characters.
Um. You seem to be suggesting that case-sensitivity is A Good Thing. I have yet to find
anyone who can justify that position, though many *IX people assert it--and then
basically just say "It's good" without any justification.
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For all its warts, Windows got this one right, IMHO.
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Some people use similar rhetoric about diacritical
marks, that they should be inconsequential. But
if you ask a Hispanophone, "¿Cuántos años tienes?"
Ir's impolite to omit the accents.
Does Windows honor the distinction?
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gil