On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:49:31PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote:
> Am Montag, 15. Dezember 2003 11:17 schrieb Andre Poenitz:
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 04:50:55PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote:
> > > Is the reason better readability in mails or something else?
> > 
> > Not just in mail. Most terminals have a finite length for lines and 80
> > is a fairly common value in that case. The recommendation for 72 is for
> > mails as important stuff tends to get quoted and this adds another two
> > characters per level...
> 
> I could not imagine to use such a terminal for serious work, but this is 
> another story.

So either you have a limited imagination, or your are implying I
haven't done any serious work within the last 14 years.

Tsss. But it's Friday, isn't it?

Andre'

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