On Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 08:40:47AM -0400, Andy Kunz wrote:
> I said CR, not EOL.  0x0A is LF, which unix uses as \n.  DOS and CP/M use
> CR for \n.

Actually, DOS and CP/M use *both* CR (\r) and LF (\n) for the
end of a line. This is redundant and also redundant.
But on the Macintosh, only CR is used (was Woz really French?)

> Why did such a simple comment generate so much confusion?

What does Confucius have to do with this?


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