Why are you assuming he would? Or even that he would use it to process any line endings? He didn't say that's what his intention was.
So, your assumption is that he's not going to use the information; just discover it and then what? Impress his users with it.
Microsoft and you might want to try to hide that info
Oh dear. Hide information that is common knowledge; and has been common knowledge for what? 30 years or more. Man, I thought you were better than this, but you've really lost the plot.
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So, your assumption is that he's not going to use the information; just discover it and then what?
No, I'm not making an assumption.
You were assuming he was going to use it to process line endings. I've already pointed out that the information could be used in other ways.
Hide information that is common knowledge
Are you being purposefully obtuse? This doesn't seem like the BrowserUk I know. The point was that you are succumbing to a certain detrimental philosophy: there are things you just don't need to know, don't worry about them, let other people the OS handle it for you.
The OP asked a straightforward question. I answered it. And your response is to say it shouldn't be answered.
I can't pretend to respect that way of thinking. Or avoidance thereof.
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The point was that you are succumbing to a certain detrimental philosophy: there are things you just don't need to know, don't worry about them, let other people the OS handle it for you.
Quite the opposite.
I know salva's work; and can easily deduce from it, that his knowledge is more than sufficient to know what the on-disk line endings are on all the popular platforms.
Hence, I knew that he wasn't asking "What are the line endings"?
The question he asked was quite different to the one you continue to insist on answering.
Further, based on my awareness of salva's knowledge and skills; I recognised that his actual question could not really be answered correctly without understanding the purpose to which the information obtained was going to be put to.
Hence, I asked questions, rather than offering up functionally useless information.
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
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