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Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systems (www.phoronix.com)
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[โ€“] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] starshipwinepineapple@programming.dev 2 points 1 day 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)