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People seem disregard this rule as "dated" without actually providing much argument! The reason is that with a larger screen you can get more than one file on
by calpaterson 15y ago
People seem disregard this rule as "dated" without actually providing much argument! The reason is that with a larger screen you can get more than one file on the screen at once, and the usability of that massively trumps any minor linebreaking issues.
- clarkevans 15y agoExcept if you're over 40 and have to use a large font. My font is set so that 80 characters is full-width, those who assume 132 characters and wrap mostly around 100 make for incredibly horrible code reading experience. I also print out complex code fragments or read them on a tablet. In this format 80 characters or less is also quite excellent. Finally, to I try limit to 76 characters. It permits you to do "> > " in e-mail conversations about the code without having it auto-wrap in mutt.