- From: John Lumley <john@saxonica.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:21:24 +0100
- To: Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com>
- Cc: "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@fromoldbooks.org>, public-ixml@w3.org
Received on Wednesday, 23 August 2023 07:21:33 UTC
Well - my first programming was on 5-hole(?) teletype, so I was very familiar with the CR then LF ! Sent from my iPad > On 23 Aug 2023, at 06:09, Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com> wrote: > > >> >> This was done originally (pre-Windows, e.g. DOS) so that the teletype >> could advance the paper while the print head was moving back to the >> left margin after getting the CR. > > Ah. Cool. I’d have guessed it was just whatever order the engineer > implementing it picked on the day. > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norm Tovey-Walsh > Saxonica
Received on Wednesday, 23 August 2023 07:21:33 UTC