There are some decent arguments for BEL over NUL, however given you posed that as a rhetorical question I feel I can say little other than ding! ding! ding! wi

There are some decent arguments for BEL over NUL, however given you posed that as a rhetorical question I feel I can say little other than ding! ding! ding! winner winner, chicken dinner! Although BEL would drive me up the wall if I broke out any of my old TTY hardware.