* Paul Koning: > That's certainly a general rule. There is a reason why books aren't > wide, and why newspapers have columns. The eye can't deal well with > long lines. So while 132 column lines are certainly possible with > modern computers, it doesn't mean they are desirable.
If the line starts at column 40 or so, I don't think readability suffers too much if it goes to column 100. If it starts at column 2, then it might be problematic. Frequent long lines reduce the usefulness of side-by-side diff viewers. And there are those of us who use screens in portrait mode, following the rule that a good function is not longer than a single screen. 1080 pixels give you 8 pixels per character, which isn't that much. Thanks, Florian
