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

[Aahz]

On Tue, May 26, 2009, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn wrote:
>
> 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.

Personally, I would be amazed to see any significant difference between
the two foreground/background combinations you list.  ;-)
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