-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2008-02-18 at 02:23 +0100, Philipp Thomas wrote:
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.
Its your opinion. Mine is that Linux sucks because it mistakenly forgets to use both CR and LF to signal end of line, loosing useful functionality. :-P :-P :-P Seriously, text files are treated diferently for many reasons, and not only because of the crlf vs lf handling. Almost every operating system on Earth has a different text encoding from one another. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHuOUStTMYHG2NR9URAovJAJ90om0dATUjXfx27wPmX1uERMdkTACgiR+X yg06xIY0y5VaawcFely1VQs= =JGUr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org