"Roy Smith" <r...@panix.com> wrote in message
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In article <i4deqq$4e...@lust.ihug.co.nz>,
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
In message <mailman.2212.1282012525.1673.python-l...@python.org>, AK
wrote:
> As monitors are getting bigger, is there a general change in opinion on
> the 79 chars limit in source files?
WHAT 79-character limit in source files?
I currently have my Emacs windows set at 100 characters wide, and Iâ?Tm
thinking of going wider.
Remember, the old hardcopy terminals used to produce 132-character-wide
listings.
Those of you who think "old hardcopy terminals" did 132 wide obviously
don't remember the ASR-33 :-)
ASR33s I think might have been 72 columns wide (and punched cards had a
similar restriction).
However, lineprinter output was more likely to be 132 columns.
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