79 chars or more?

[Roy Smith]

In article <4c6dfb31$0$11111$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> wrote:

> Of course source code is written in a monospaced typeface, which is a 
> little wider and consequently fewer characters per page.

There was a fling a while ago with typesetting code in proportional 
spaced type.  I think some of the "Effective C++" series from 
Addison-Wesley did that.  Yuck.