Why different line endings - Unix vs Windows

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Just out of curiousity.. Why are the line endings different for Windows and Unix. I was looking around for the answer but not found.

cherouvim · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-25 14:25:03Z

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because:

ASCII was developed simultaneously by the ISO and the ASA

answered Jul 25, 2010 at 14:25

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The rest of that Wikipedia section details the rather more practical and boring consequences from the origins of each operating system; Unix conventions are taken from Multics and Windows from MS-DOS which in turn took its convention from CP/M. To quote: "CP/M's use of CR+LF made sense for using computer terminals via serial lines." - Wikipedia.
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