The Old New Thing : Why is the line terminator CR+LF?

The Old New Thing : Why is the line terminator CR+LF?

Now thats what continuing the confusion with no end in sight. The whole story of the Carriage-Return/Line-Feed thingy makes an interesting read, but ultimately no conclusion is reached. I mean, what should I do? Treat CR/LF as a single "new-line" character? Or two "new-lines"? Or only LF as a single "new-line"? Or only CR as a single "new-line"?

OMG! so many options but no end in sight, the tunnel just gets longer and longer and no light in sight!.

-Rama.