> This choice was designed to spread the pain equally among all operating systems of the day; each has to translate to and from the CR LF convention when text w

> This choice was designed to spread the pain equally among all operating systems of the day; each has to translate to and from the CR LF convention when text was transferred across the network. This compromise might have made sense from a political or goodwill standpoint at the time. But it meant that everyone using these protocols would have to store, convert, or transmit the extra character forever.