Subj : Simple request...
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Mrproper
Date : Mon May 30 2005 08:48 pm

  Re: Simple request...
  By: Angus Mcleod to Deuce on Mon May 30 2005 19:39:00

 >   Re: Simple request...
 >   By: Deuce to Time Warrior on Mon May 30 2005 11:57:00
 > 
 >  >  >  > Just for fun, ask what a "Hard CR" is and watch the flamefest begin
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Gee i dunno.... carriage(sp?) return (aka the hitting of the ENTER key
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Why would there be a flame fest provided by that answer? lol Or would 
 >  >  > someone ASKING the question that starts it? lol
 >  >
 >  > Well, I'm willing to bet that it's a CRLF since that's what internet mess
 >  > use as a line delimiter.  Macs are the only think I know of that use a CR
 >  > maybe VAX... can't remember) for their text files.  But as to how such a 
 >  > differs from a "soft" CR or if (since LF is the last char in the sequenc)
 >  > should be a "Hard LF" or some such.  Just more of the qualifying things t
 >  > don't need it stuff.
 > 
 > You know, this might make sense if he'd said a "hard newline" or a "hard
 > end-of-line" or something.  But a CR is a CR is a Carriage Return is an
 > 0x0d and there is nothing hard or soft about it.
 > 
 > 

Hell you could possibly hit the Enter key harder than usual..


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