On 21 Nov, 09:12, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> Oh please, that's historical revisionism -- \r\n wasn't invented by > Microsoft. Microsoft didn't "get it right", they simply copied what CP/M > did, on account of the original MS-DOS being essentially a clone of CP/M. Actyually \r\n goes back to early mechanical typewriters with typebars, such as the Hermes. The operator would hit CR to return the paper carriage and LF to move down to the next line. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
