From: utzoo!decvax!cca!FC01@Usc-Ecl@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: Chown: right or privilege Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3059 Posted: Wed Sep 1 21:01:30 1982 Received: Wed Sep 8 02:06:49 1982 From: FC01Date: 28 Aug 1982 1511-PDT I hate to start up the old newline discussion again, but it seems as if every computer except the data general machines expect end of lines to be entered with a . This being the case, it seems silly to use as the newline character, think of the added compatability of being able to type in what gets typed out, and having the computer type out what should be typed in! For file transfer, everyone has to substitute for and then the other side has to send back for and the sender has to see the a the it sent for the it had in the first place. If they were all it would be much easier, more sensable, etc. Perhaps only the stdio source defining /n has to be changed (to char code 15 from 12) and everybodies programs will all work again with only a recompilation! Oh, you man people use numbers for this stuff in programs? What a shame! Fred -------