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From: mwarren@mips2.cr.bull.com (Mark Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Historical question:  LF vs. CR\LF in text files
Keywords: text files
Message-ID: <1990May30.114222.25192@mips2.cr.bull.com>
Date: 30 May 90 11:42:22 GMT
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In article <952@ashton.UUCP> tomr@ashton.UUCP (Tom Rombouts) writes:
> ... relating to the differences between
>UNIX vs. DOS (and CP/M, correct?) in handling end of lines, I am
>wondering how this started.  Since UNIX came first, I am going to
>guess that at some time, somewhere someone said "Hey - let's add
>a carriage return!"
>
"Unix came first" ????  Ulp!  Makes me feel pretty old.  The simple
history relates to the olden days, when boys were boys, men were men,
and advanced computer terminals were Teletype Corp. ASR33's with cute
little 10 cps paper tape readers on the side.  Quite simply, as in a
standard typewriter (the old fashioned kind that did not have a
computer attached, or even an electrical cord), the real physical
indication of the end of a line was a carriage return, followed by a
new line.
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