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sunk1st | 1 year ago

> Nobody ever wants to be in the middle of a line, then move down to the next line and continue writing in the next column from where you left off. No real-world program ever wants to do that.

Is this true?

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anamax|1 year ago

No, it's not true.

It was used for "graphics" on character-only terminals.

numpad0|1 year ago

isn't CR without LF how CLI progress bars work?

cowsandmilk|1 year ago

He says there are good usages of CR, he only argues for getting rid of LF.