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CRLF is obsolete and should be abolished

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422 points km | 1 comments | 13 Oct 24 19:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zac23or ◴[13 Oct 24 22:57 UTC] No.41832488[source]▶
> Even if an established protocol (HTTP, SMTP, CSV, FTP) technically requires CRLF as a line ending, do not comply. Send only NL.

Insane. First i think it was a April 1st joke, but is not.

Let's break everything because YES.

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1. Quekid5 ◴[13 Oct 24 22:59 UTC] No.41832498[source]▶
Indeed. Very strange to hear a break-the-world suggestion from a person leading a company famous for never breaking the world.

I'm kind of confused by this whole post.

I do understand the desire for simplification (let's ignore the argument of whether this is one), but...