> Long lines of text can be hard to parse, and thus hard to read. Setting a limit of characters per line greatly enhances the readability and appeal of a wall o

> Long lines of text can be hard to parse, and thus hard to read. Setting a limit of characters per line greatly enhances the readability and appeal of a wall of text. I agree with this 100%. What I don't understand is why many developers argue that this principle does not apply to code and that we shouldn't have line length limits "because it's not 1970 and we have large monitors." If long lines of prose is difficult to parse, then long lines of code are even more cumbersome to parse, especially when you are either 1) slowed down by having to scroll horizontally all the time or 2) distracted by the awkward naive line wrapping done by the editor.