alt Hacker NewsYeah, 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?
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?
Remember that back in the mists of time, computers used typewriter-esque machines for user interaction and text output. You had to send a CR followed by an LF to go to the next line on the physical device. Storing both characters in the file meant the OS didn't need to insert any additional characters when printing. Having two separate characters let you do tricks like overstriking (just send CR, no LF)