From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
Subject: [TUHS] Line Terminators in Text Files [Was: Re: Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language - Unearthed!]
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 17:37:02 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <74361248-9fc7-fd59-3128-a789ded70a63@tnetconsulting.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201709032314.v83NEhxg031354@elf.torek.net>
On 09/03/2017 05:14 PM, Chris Torek wrote:
> Of course, DEL was code 0177 because it punched all the holes in
> the paper tape, which would always work to "erase" any partially
> punched holes....
I remember having a face palm moment when I realized / understood this
for the first time.
I've had the fortune of sharing that epiphany with others a handful of
times.
I think the order of the carriage return followed by the line feed will
become another such epiphany inducing pieces of trivia.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-03 23:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-03 2:08 Nemo
2017-09-03 2:54 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-03 15:08 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-03 22:28 ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-03 23:14 ` Chris Torek
2017-09-03 23:37 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2017-09-04 0:31 ` Pete Turnbull
2017-09-04 1:47 ` Chris Torek
2017-09-04 2:58 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-04 9:05 ` Pete Turnbull
2017-09-04 15:33 ` Chris Torek
2017-09-04 10:07 ` Pete Turnbull
2017-09-05 15:23 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-05 15:37 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-05 18:55 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-05 19:13 ` Pete Turnbull
2017-09-04 17:44 ` Paul Winalski
2017-09-04 20:30 ` ron minnich
2017-09-04 20:41 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-04 22:44 Noel Chiappa
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