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Re: [opensuse] amavisd warning failure?
- From: Philipp Thomas <philipp.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:23:33 +0100
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:29:32 +0100 (CET), Carlos E. R. wrote:
No, DOS sucks in way to many ways and one of them is that stupid CR-LF
combo, which dates back to ancient CPM if I remember right. That is the
reason, why text files have to be treated differently from binary files
(in C the "b" open mode for file streams) because of the CR-LF handling.
For transmitting data perhaps (that's where control characters come
from), but not in data processing.
Philipp
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I could say that *nix sucks because it does not use the standard CR-LF end of
line sequence.
No, DOS sucks in way to many ways and one of them is that stupid CR-LF
combo, which dates back to ancient CPM if I remember right. That is the
reason, why text files have to be treated differently from binary files
(in C the "b" open mode for file streams) because of the CR-LF handling.
Having a text EOF char is quite useful, just different of what you are used
to.
For transmitting data perhaps (that's where control characters come
from), but not in data processing.
Philipp
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