May 20, 2009
8:54 p.m.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> wrote:
Maybe the origin of the 80 char limit isn't an anachronism. Maybe it had nothing to do with teletypes and low resolution CRTs. Perhaps, the programming gods of old were reaching into the future with certain knowledge that they were forcing everyone to do the right thing. Actually, 80 is the number of columns in a Hollerith card. It would be totally stupid to write code that couldn't be punched!