On 2010-08-20, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > In article <4c6dfb31$0$11111$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > >> Of course source code is written in a monospaced typeface, which is a >> little wider and consequently fewer characters per page. > > There was a fling a while ago with typesetting code in > proportional spaced type. I think some of the "Effective C++" > series from Addison-Wesley did that. Yuck.
It's probably influenced by The C++ Programming Language. Stroustrup likes it. -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
