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by andrepd 2253 days ago
>It allows to move the cursor past the last character. If you insert a new character there, it is automatically padded with spaces. It is easier to see it than to explain it:

>My first programming environment was Turbo Pascal, and this is exactly how the cursor works there, which I grew accustomed to.

Holy shit! What a rush of memories reading that unlocked :)