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brktoday at 1:12 PM1 replyview on HN

Wait, now we have to deal with Carriage Line Return Feeds too?

I wonder if the person who had the idea of virtualizing the typewriter carriage knew how much trouble they would cause over time.


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keyboredtoday at 1:37 PM

Yeah, and using two bytes for a single line termination (or separation or whatever)? Why make things more complicated and take more space at the same time?

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