[Python-ideas] 80 character line width vs. something wider

[Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn]

On May 25, 2009, at 13:35 PM, Aaron Rubin wrote:

> OK.  Again, this thread appears dead to the OP, since it has been  
> delving into subjectiveness for quite a while now.
>
> If anybody has more objective arguments to propose, I would love to  
> hear them.

Personally, I would consider "objective arguments" to be controlled,  
repeatasble, studies with quantitative results.  I've seen such  
studies about light-background-dark-foreground vs. dark-foreground- 
light-background, which is why I use the former now.  I haven't seen  
such studies about line width, especially not with Python text as  
opposed to English text.

I will therefore spare you my personal, subjective opinion about this  
topic.

Regards,

Zooko