To understand fully where the encoding of the text your comment is written in comes from requires you to go all the way back to the telegraph line... If you us

To understand fully where the encoding of the text your comment is written in comes from requires you to go all the way back to the telegraph line... If you use a CLI - you need to go back to at least teletypes. Not everyone needs to be concerned with this, but the historical examples of cultures that have throw away their history don't look too encouraging.