On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 06:31:41PM +0100, Smylers wrote: > It isn't possible to have an 'actual' \n character; all actual > characters will be specific, not conceptual.
EBCDIC has a "new line" control character distinct from both line feed and carriage return. So I'd argue that your statement only holds for 99.999% or so of systems :-) Ah, EBCDIC. I'm sure that's a whole new universe of hate. Nicholas Clark
