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by toomanybeersies 2994 days ago
The internet also uses CRLF for newlines since about 1973: https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc542.txt

So historically speaking, MS DOS is doing the right thing.
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pvg 2994 days ago
1971, really - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc158

In 1973, the 'internet' was yay big:

https://twitter.com/workergnome/status/807704855276122114/ph...

Apple sold more Apple I's than that in its first few months of existence.

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toomanybeersies 2994 days ago
Ahh, you're correct. I wasn't sure if CRLF was actually codified in rfc158, I just did a search for "CRLF" on it, I didn't realise they were using the hex values of CR and LF (X'0D' X'0A').

The internet is now 8 or 9 million devices big, and CRLF is still the standard newline for internet protocols.

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