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>Similarly, I think many humans would like to differentiate between, "resumefinal.docx" and "resumeFINAL.docx"

Would they? Both are the "final resume" Word document...

Humans don't care about case in distinguishing names. Considering case differences as important distinctions between names (of files in this case) is something instilled from using computers, not a human trait. That's a concern for coders, proof-readers, and other OCD types.

Not to mention that the most popular Desktop OSes (Windows, MacOS) don't care for file case either. They preserve it for visual display is you set it, but two filenames with differences in case only are the same file - and can't coexist.



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