On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:29:32 +0100 (CET), Carlos E. R. wrote:
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org