On: Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches

[bobmcnamara]

CRLR is Baudot, predating UNIX by what, a century ?

[Parodper → bobmcnamara]

Apparently it's from 1901 (Murray code) or 1932 (ITA2).

The fact that both Apple's and CP/M codes came out roughly at the same time, both on microcomputers, shows that it was probably just a design decision.