Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > On 07/17/2011 08:01 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Roy Smith wrote: >>> We don't have that problem any more. It truly boggles my >>> mind that we're still churning out people with 80 column >>> minds. I'm willing to entertain arguments about readability >>> of long lines, but the idea that there's something magic >>> about 80 columns is hogwash. >> >> I agree! Which is why I set my line width to 78 columns. > > Bah, when I started programming > on the Apple ][+, we had no > lower-case and a 40-column limit > on the TV display. > But you try and tell the young > people today that... > and they won't believe ya'.
Acorn System One: 9 character 7 segment led display and 25 key keypad, 1Kb RAM, 512 bytes ROM. -- Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
