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Re: File extensions for C++ source?

Christopher Faylor wrote: 
NTFS is similar.  So, if you create "foo.c", you can refer to it as
"foo.C" on FAT32 or NTFS filesystems.  The first time you create a file
you'll the filename will have case you used but you cAn REfEr tO IT
usinG AnY cAsE.  There are ways to create true case sensitive file names
on NTFS partitions but support for this is limited.

The default Mac OS X filesystem is the same way. It is case-sensitive for file creation, but case-insensitive for file reads.

So this makes use of the .C extension problematic for both Windows and Mac OS X.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com

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