Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:45:31 +600 CDT From: "Larry Dolinar" <LARRYD@bldg1.croute.com> To: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org 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: <ED0F2C66790@bldg1.croute.com>
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| From: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au>
| 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
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What in the world are you thinking: Mr. Gates (et al) interested in
standards?
| have followed UNIX's lead. (bit like using \ in dos instead of UNIX's /)
|
I'll drink to that....
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