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Re:The quadratic problem nobody fixed by fsckboy on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @09:53AM (#47517374)
it's been common in the unix/c/lisp worlds since before you were born

when 6 bit ascii was all caps only, people got used to monocase, then 7-bit lowercase ascii blew in a fresh wind.

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Re:The quadratic problem nobody fixed by jlarocco on Friday March 27, 2026 @11:23AM (#47543799)
What a condescending comment. It's too bad I can't vote you down.
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