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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Organization: PPP (Pesticide Powered Pumpkins)
To: b52g AT usa DOT net (JP Morris)
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:27:23 +0100
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Subject: Re: A few FS notions
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Once upon a time (on  5 May 97 at 16:52) JP Morris said:

> >> things much more flexible.
> >
> >My vote goes to case sensitive too...
> >
> 
> Don't come running to us when all your programs break... :-)
The Old Ones, yes but the New Ones, why?

> I declare and maintain that Case-Sensitivity should be _optional_
> so that I can switch it off.
> Preferably from the command-line.
Yes, that's sensible - there should also be an API to do that from inside the 
application.
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Are we trigger happy? Russian roulette in the waiting room. Empty
chambers embracing the end, puzzled visions haunt the ripples of a trevi
moon, dream coins for the fountain or to cover your eyes...
We reached the ignition point from the sparks of plasantries. Sensed the
smoke advancing from horizons - you must've know that I was considering
an escape...
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