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Yeah, Google has 80 column limits for almost every language (except for Java, it's pretty difficult there). So does Mozilla and all major open source projects I
by fhd2 13y ago
Yeah, Google has 80 column limits for almost every language (except for Java, it's pretty difficult there). So does Mozilla and all major open source projects I can think of (again, Java being the exception).
It really does a lot for readability. I recently summed up my reasons for doing it in all of my projects:
http://ubercode.de/blog/80-columns http://ubercode.de/blog/80-columns
- dredmorbius 13y agoThe argument-ender for me is: Look, when I'm at the DC, on console, with an 80 column screen, I cannot make my terminal any wider than 80 characters, and the site is down. This also applies for a lot of remote-access tools -- serial console as well as direct, so even if I'm not at the DC, once I'm on those interfaces, something's likely fucked up or headed that way.
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