It is the right way. Different terminals require different line endings and abstracting that to a single new line character makes sense. The UNIX tty driver the

It is the right way. Different terminals require different line endings and abstracting that to a single new line character makes sense. The UNIX tty driver then translates that new line character to what is appropriate to start a new line on a given terminal. In most cases CRLF is enough but older devices also needed additional delays.