> (you might also ask the question why DOS did not use what was already
> established)
Well... it was not yet "established" at that time (around 1980):
Unix indeed used "LF" for line endings, but e.g. the popular VMS used
"CR+LF".
There was a rationale for using CR+LF at that time:
"CR+LF" files are simpler to send to a printer:
"CR" means "carriage return", i.e., go to the start of this line,
while "LF" means "line feed", i.e., go down one line vertically.
Hence, sending an ASCII text file with LFs but no CRs to a printer
will give you output of the following form:
This is the first line.
This is the second line.
End so on, up to page b
(and the rest of the output will be missing).
-- Peter Vanroose.
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