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Why is it that they haven't been exposed to CR/LF? Is it just that modern IDE/Editors detect this automatically? Windows still uses CR plus LF no? I feel like
by bogomipz 7y ago
Why is it that they haven't been exposed to CR/LF? Is it just that modern IDE/Editors detect this automatically? Windows still uses CR plus LF no?
I feel like every now again I still open some file with ^M characters in it.
- vbezhenar 7y agoAny sane software will handle any combination by default. The only notable exception was Windows notepad which did not allow to use UNIX line endings. But I think it was fixed recently.
- pjc50 7y agoThey may have been exposed to the characters, but not a physical typewriter or line printer "carriage".
- bogomipz 7y agoOh interesting, now I understand. Indeed it's actually rare to see a typewriter now let alone experience these two mechanical movements(the return and the line feed.) Cheers.
- a3n 7y agoI wonder if younger people understand "I pawned my Smith Corona" from Warren Zevon's "Carmelita." Or tubes glowing in the dark. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xeb0OI8wXN4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xeb0OI8wXN4