I'll give you once good case for sensitivity in filesystems. Wikis.

You mean, wikis wouldn't be possible if filesystems weren't case sensitive? Come on, you don't believe that. Just that some wikis exploit both the mapping some HTTP servers make between URLs and filesystems, and the case sensitivity of filesystems doesn't mean wikis are otherwise hard. Take a look at one of the larger wikis: wikipedia. It's database driven, not filesystem driven, and hence, neither depends on the case sensitivity of a file system, nor exploits it.

There are many good arguments for a case sensitive filesystem, and I'm glad I don't have to work often with filesystems that are case insensitive, but I don't think "wikis" is one of the stronger arguments.

In reply to Re^9: (AM) Only perl parses perl hash notation? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Only perl parses perl hash notation? by Eyck

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.