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<p>I'm used to emacs w/ line wrapping turned on so extra-long lines
probably feel less like a serious problem to me than other
people... that said, I try to control the line width to under 100
columns in my code. (I do make exceptions for certain cases e.g.
in purely templating works where it's clear that you're just
appending strings.)<br>
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Cheers,</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/21/26 14:15, Ralph Becket wrote:<br>
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Hi everybody,</div>
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Happy New Year!</div>
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About twenty years back, when I left Mercury to start in
mainstream commercial programming, monitors were a lot
narrower. There was a strong feeling then that 80 columns was
the Right and Proper Line Length. Nowadays, of course, monitors
are much more generous. While I reject uncontrolled line
lengths, 80 columns seems painfully tight. (I think the Linux
developers moved away from this some years ago). That said,
when (back) in Rome, do as the Romans do. So: what's the modern
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