> An unwillingness to compromise backward compatibility Are you referring to the unwillingness to bump up the maximum line length? I don't think it's because o

> An unwillingness to compromise backward compatibility Are you referring to the unwillingness to bump up the maximum line length? I don't think it's because of backward compatibility. I limit just about every line of code I write in any language to 80 columns, and my horizontal screen real estate is 5760 pixels.