The later rationale is clearer: carriage return takes a long time, so send it first and it can complete during the line feed
@enf @WideSpacer Is there a good answer as to why Carriage Return was independent from Line Feed in early teletypes?
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Murray in https://archive.org/stream/enf-ascii-1905-1906/Image070917123546#page/n23/mode/1up … implies a unified CR-LF operationpic.twitter.com/oCLAppzYGs
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