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I wouldn't mind but there are a bunch of people in this world who have no idea what those ASCII symbols even mean, and who might prefer using symbols they under

• akho 5y ago
  Those people do not use filesystems. Also, my native language does not use the Latin alphabet. Attempts by American companies to be more inclusive and internationalized are often misguided. MS is especially nasty with its translated formula functions in Excel, but having differently named filesystem paths in different alphabets depending on the phase of the Moon or something is also very inconvenient.
  • forty 5y ago
    Oh yeah Excel (or libreoffice) is really awful to use in another language, I often have to force it to English because of the formula mess. But I guess that's a developer-who-can-speak English point of view.
    • akho 5y ago
      Nah, the names of Excel functions are nonsensical in any language, and you still need to know the English ones.
• akho 5y ago
  Though I do have to admit that I do not know what, e.g., ASCII code 8 would mean in a filename. Or 27. I’d very much prefer using symbols I understand. Filenames with terminal control escape sequences are lots of fun. Limiting possibilities to just lowercase Latin, numbers, periods and dashes (in non-initial positions) decreases chances people see symbols they do not understand by a lot.