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The parent poster stated the advantages, but just in case: The CRLF vs. LF is essentially technical debt that millions of developers pay -- as long as Windows r
by lomnakkus 11y ago
The parent poster stated the advantages, but just in case: The CRLF vs. LF is essentially technical debt that millions of developers pay -- as long as Windows remains an interesting target for developers (or Microsoft fixes the CRLF thing). It's basically a continual downside vs., say, 10-20 years of compatibility problems.
(I don't buy the "decades" bit, but I'll accept it just for argument's sake.)