Re: Unix file to PC, weird LF-CR

From: Nathan M. Andelin <nandelin@relational-data.com>

> > From: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
> > Goofy ... MS uses CRLF to denote end of line.
>
> Most ASCII printers do too!
>

     TTYs were originally hardware devices, which
     (usually) adhered strictly to the ASCII standard.
     According to ASCII, to move to a new line you
     need two characters, a carriage return and a
     line feed. In Unix, on the other hand, the
     ASCII line feed is used for both purposes - so
     we can't just use \n, because it wouldn't have
     a carriage return and the next line will
     start at the column right after the line feed.

     In CP/M and its derivatives, such as MS-DOS and
     Windows, the ASCII standard was strictly
     adhered to, and therefore a new line requires
     both a line feed and a carriage return.