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Poor word choice on my part. The intention was that machines don't need to jump through any hoops to be able to figure out what code means - it's a language des
by jowiar 13y ago
Poor word choice on my part. The intention was that machines don't need to jump through any hoops to be able to figure out what code means - it's a language designed such that it can be parsed mechanically without ambiguity. Compare this to a machine interpreting English.
I was not intending to downplay the significance of code being intended for human consumption.
- zeckalpha 13y agoBut how many characters are in a typical line of English?
- numbsafari 13y agoIt depends on your typography.
- baddox 13y agoMore than 80.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- kps 13y agoTraditionally, Anything from 45 to 75 characters is widely-regarded as a satisfactory length of line for a single-column page set in a serifed text face in a text size. The 66-character line (counting both letters and spaces) is widely regarded as ideal. — Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style, 3rd Edition, §2.1.2