I long ago concluded that arguments over line width, indentation, etc. are a waste of time. If I were submitting a kernel patch, I'd follow the Linux standard w

I long ago concluded that arguments over line width, indentation, etc. are a waste of time. If I were submitting a kernel patch, I'd follow the Linux standard without complaint, regardless of my preferences. That said, the best argument on line length is “the magic number 7, plus or minus 2”, our limits on short term memory. I like to be able to comprehend a line of code (or of text) in one glance, which seems to me to be about 65 characters, ignoring leading indentation; that might well be less than about 10 tokens. With wide tabs, that might well hit something around 90 characters, perhaps. IMHO, it's not the line length that matters, but the number of tokens per line. By the way, I like to work on laptops. If anyone knows where I can get a laptop with a 43" screen, please let me know.