> One thing to keep in mind is that the ASCII codes were not really meant to
> be something that the user typed in, they were *control codes* for
> controlling printing and display. But some of them were used by users
> sometimes, and most users knew things like backspace, XON, XOFF, EOF, etc.
> But I think they were just chosen by what was available, with no regard for
> mnemonics, or anything. Ctrl-G was bell, Ctrl-M was carriage return, Ctrl-J
> was linefeed; none of these are related to anything.
>
It does seem to be a happy coincidence that the the linefeed character
just happened to be on the strongest finger. Not impossible, but
rather convenient.
--
Dotan Cohen
http://gibberish.co.il
http://what-is-what.com
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