Why Windows and Mac handle line endings differently
A piece of 1960s technology still has an influence on Windows today.
This is the history of how Windows settled on CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed) and why Linux/Mac are using LF (Line Feed).
SOURCES
The Vim book on file formats
History of the Teletype
Mac’s newline convention
Types of newlines
The Honeywell Kitchen Computer
Multics’ history
MENTIONS
- Certain icons created or inspired by UXwing
- Screenshots of old websites made possible by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
- Typewriter: / /
- The bored typist is a Mailchimp GIF on GIPHY
- Teletype Model 33 photo credit: @N07/2283401196/ -
- This video uses a modified version of retro computer by Tinashe Mugayi from the Noun Project
- The Twemoji set of emoji
- Thanks to @oldschoolads on Twitter, Muser du pc on Facebook, Firstversions and Betawiki for preserving old computing ads as well as screenshots of old OSes
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