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[Kenneth Brody]

"Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
[...]
> Ok, *now* I'm just disgusted.
> 
> WARNING, to anyone remaining who might expect sane behavior: indexes on
> * format fields are case insensitive, too.

And why would you expect otherwise?

[...]
> No.  The problem is that I continue to expect sane behavior out of
> filePro despite all the continuing evidence to the contrary.

filePro's behavior is perfectly sane.

> You asserted that "smi" would locate a record with a '*' field
> containing 'SMITH'.  It turns out you're right, which is *completely*
> unconscionable.

Not to me.

[...]
> I'm giving up now. I really don't feel the need to be involved with
> a package that's designed so differently from every other procedural
> programming on the planet that it allows me to look foolish once a week,
> saying "oh, they couldn't possibly be so dumb as to have made it work
> like *that*; that's crazy stuff.

What is "foolish" about "comparisons are case insensitive"?

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