Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:23:20 +1000 (EST) From: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: Jeremy Sigmon <jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu>, "Randall D. DuCharme" <randyd@nconnect.net>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MS-DOS text files in UNIX Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960926123153.11816C-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960924181124.293F-100000@hmmm.alaska.net>
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On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, hmmm wrote: > apple/mac uses CR > dos/win uses LF/CR > unixes use LF > > why didn't unix choose CR as the standard EOL? > (at least we'd be left w/only 2 standards) > what a mess of such a simple stupid thing! Since UNIX precedes these other OS's by about 15 years, I would have thought if Microsoft/Apple had any interest in standards they would have followed UNIX's lead. (bit like using \ in dos instead of UNIX's /) regards, Anthony
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