On Jun 13, 2009, at 4:07 PM, David Christensen wrote:
Chas. Owens wrote:
the only True Way is to use tabs for indent levels and spaces for
alignment, this allows the user to set his or her indentation to
whatever he or she wants by modifying how many spaces a tab displays.
[72 columns maximum] is still a religious issue, not a coding issue.
Just out of curiosity, why 72? If I recall correctly, FORTRAN on
Hollerith cards used cols 1-72 for code and 73-80 for optional
sequence numbers. And 360-assembler used col 1-71 for code and col 72
as the "continuation column". Did either or both of those influence
the tradition?
Chap
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