My 2 cents : I actually like the lower char limit. Since most of the time, I end up having to switch between classes, I end up splitting my screen vertically and having multiple files open. for some reason, I find splitting vertically is better for readability than horizontally. In anycase, my IDE generally helps me format to 80 chars so, it has never been a pain point for me.
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl> wrote: > > I respect immensely the contributions Doug has made to many Apache > projects, > > Hear hear! I fully agree with that one. > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Rich Haase <rha...@pandora.com> wrote: > > > I respect immensely the contributions Doug has made to many Apache > > projects, but I don’t think that should be a reason to force everyone to > > write code as if our screen sizes can’t support more than 80 characters. > > > > On May 5, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl<mailto: > > ni...@basjes.nl>> wrote: > > > > Perhaps we should tell him these screens can also be turned landscape ? > ;) > > > > But seriously: > > 1) Does Doug still actively work on code? From my perspective; Only very > > infrequently. > > 2) In the 200+ people IT department where I work I know only 1 colleague > > who uses his screen in portrait mode and he doesn't do code. > > > > So, for who do we really stick to the 80 chars limit? > > > > Niels > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Allen Wittenauer <a...@altiscale.com > <mailto: > > a...@altiscale.com>> wrote: > > > > > > On May 5, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Rich Haase <rha...@pandora.com<mailto: > > rha...@pandora.com>> wrote: > > > > Can someone explain to me why on earth we care about limiting line > > length to 80 characters? Are there hadoop developers out there working > > from teletype terminals? Can we perhaps update this limit to something > > sane, like 120 chars? > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-common-dev/201407.mbox/%3CCALEq1Z8QvHof1A3zO0W5WGfbNjCOpfNo==jktq8jiu6efm_...@mail.gmail.com%3E > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, > > > > Niels Basjes > > > > Rich Haase| Sr. Software Engineer | Pandora > > m (303) 887-1146 | rha...@pandora.com<mailto:awils...@pandora.com> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Niels Basjes >
