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		zokier on July 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Elegance of the ASCII Table > At the time it made sense, and the control functions were needed. Still are. Control characters were needed for terminals. They never made sense for text. Mixing the two matters is the problem.

ddingus on July 23, 2024 [–]

It isn't a problem. The text is the UX.

What else would you have proposed, or would propose?

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