On 9/5/2013 6:21 PM, Metallicow wrote:
If you are still using equipment that requires 79, then chances are you have/will already gone out of business or are keeping/using said equipment for nostalgic purposes. As far as math goes. 10 is a nice round number.
79 chars + 1 cursor (or \n) == 80, the nice round number. Anyway, it is just a guideline. Ignore it if you wish. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list