On Thu, 5 Dec 2019, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > In the relevant session at the GNU Tools Cauldron 2019, Michael Meissner > stated that even he is not using a 80 x 24 terminal anymore, and that > should tell us something. ;-) > > So, I formally propose that we lift this characters per line restriction > from IBM punch card (80) to mainframe line printer (132).
I thought these line lengths were based on readability studies suggesting lengths that lines shorter than 80 columns were more readable? Longer lines mean less space for multiple terminal / editor windows side-by-side to look at different pieces of code. I don't think that's an improvement. -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
