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It still shows up in IETF-style textual network protocols, which evolved on non-Unix systems (HTTP, SMTP, etc.)
by p_l 5mo ago
It still shows up in IETF-style textual network protocols, which evolved on non-Unix systems (HTTP, SMTP, etc.)
- zinekeller 5mo agoMTA-STS, a very recent standard (RFC 8461), only allows CRLF as the line terminator (to the chagrin of *nix lovers, and to the fact that a majority of mail systems are being operated on *nix systems)
- p_l 5mo agoPeril of writing protocols with an eye to debug them using cheapest terminal you can find on campus and a grad student paid in coffee