I like descriptive names too, EvenToThePointOfAbsurdity, but if the 80 char limit is starting to be imposing, it's usually an indication that code should be ref

I like descriptive names too, EvenToThePointOfAbsurdity, but if the 80 char limit is starting to be imposing, it's usually an indication that code should be refactored as it's being indented too much, or one thing is trying to do too many things. 3 side/side buffers is arbitrary, (it would be 2 on a small laptop display) - and maybe that's why I like 80 characters, it lets me develop on any screen without needing more real estate because the files are long. I mean Angular has iirc 120 characters, and if you take a look at an average source file eg: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/modules/%40angular/http/src/headers.ts https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/modules/%40an... You'll see a ton of white space after 80 characters that is 'wasted' - this also eats up into horizontal real estate of another buffer which in the end means you actually have less information on the screen with >80 characters rather than more. In all cases - the code in that file could easily be broken into multiple lines and not lose any readability.