On Thu, May 21, 2009, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
Okay, I'm convinced. 80 is EXACTLY the right number. 79 is too few and 81 is WAY over the top. It doesn't matter what language your coding in, which century you're living in, or your preference for tab sizes.
Looking back, I'm amazed that there was every any commercial success for line printers that had more than 80 characters. Those guys who made green bar paper were seriously misguided. How could they ignore the one true universal programming constant.
Could you explain why you have so much emotion invested in this issue?
From my POV, it looks like you're one step short of outright flaming anyone who disagrees with you. -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." --Ralph Waldo Emerson