Carriage return versus return

[Klaus Major]

Hi Shari,

> I've noticed that when people post code, more often than not I see CR 
> (for carriage return) instead of just plain return.
>
> Is there any difference in using one over the other?  Does it affect 
> platforms differently?  Or is it just a carryover from folks who are 
> comfortable with C language?

i use it just out of pure lazyness :-)
CR is much shorter than RETURN!

 From the MC dox:

Constants:
...
cr = UNIX line separator (ASCII 10)
...
return = UNIX line separator (ASCII 10)
...

So it looks to my non C-programmer eyes like it is the same...

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