From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,29495b0e9519b616 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-13 14:22:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!cabal11.airnews.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Latin_1 and portability Date: 13 Dec 2003 16:21:53 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1071354009 12215 192.135.80.34 (13 Dec 2003 22:20:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:20:09 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3451 Date: 2003-12-13T16:21:53-06:00 List-Id: In article , "amado.alves" writes: > <<...ISO-9660 includes an indicator > regarding which of the 4 major EOL indicators>> > =20 > I bet all except NEL: as I said, fascinating stuff :-) It handles: CR separators LF separators CR/LF separators counted lines with no separator characters > <<...I have been told that some TCP/IP implementations > do conversion on the fly.>> > =20 > I don't think I have ever met one implementation of TCP/IP or magnetic = > media types (that's ISO-9660 right?) that actually convert. Maybe the = > standards have places for it as you said (I believe you for ISO). But it = > is not effective in the systems I'm used to (Windows, Linux). You can lead an operating system to standards but you cannot make it drink :-) Perhaps the originators of Linux decided to only partially implement the standard because the standards group charges money for a copy :-)