In the early-aughts I worked for a small web software company that used Microsoft systems for development and production. We got bought out by a larger "profes

In the early-aughts I worked for a small web software company that used Microsoft systems for development and production. We got bought out by a larger "professional" dev house (that also developed on MS products) and a new edict issued (so we could be professionals): we needed a STRICT coding standard. 80 chars per line NO EXCEPTIONS. Of course that was the only rule set in stone for all languages. Even the plain, flat HTML files had to be less than 80 chars per line.