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From: EPA AT datcon DOT co DOT uk (Edward Avis)
Subject: RE: Fseek Help?
26 Jun 1998 02:05:12 -0700 :
Message-ID: <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=DCNET%l=EXCHANGE2-980625173704Z-3678.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp.datcon.co.uk>
To: "'Andrew Dalgleish'" <andrewd AT axonet DOT com DOT au>,
"'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'"
<gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

[about the end-of-line CRLF vs LF problem]

>Using CR-LF for end-of-line pre-dates both DOS and UNIX.

It doesn't predate C, though.

Or were there other systems that used \n as end-of-line and needed
conversion to \r\n?

--
Ed Avis <http://members.tripod.com/~mave>
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