Hyphens versus underscores

Kurt Wall kwall at kurtwerks.com
Sat Jan 3 05:15:41 PST 2009


On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 11:58:38AM +0200, Angel Tsankov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone known good reasons to prefer hyphens to underscores or vice
> versa in file names?

I am not aware of a technical reason to prefer one to the other. I find 
hyphens easier to type than underscores because hyphens require use of a 
Shift key on a QWERTY (Sholes) keyboard. Nonetheless, I seem to prefer 
underscores, likely as a matter of habit.

Kurt
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