On Friday, May 16, 2014 5:51:21 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Rather, I've claimed that the conventional lime length limit is *based > in* the real cognitive limits of human reading comprehension -- and that > technologies have been designed with corresponding limitations. > > > Nowhere have I claimed 79 or 80 are somehow fundamental or encoded in > human cognition, and I have seen no-one else claim that. Please try to > work within your own cognitive limits and read what people write for > comprehension. >
You said this: > The 80 character line limit is *not* driven by a limitation of computer > technology; it is driven by a limitation of human cognition. For that > reason, it remains relevant until human cognition in the general reading > population improves. And you answered: > Until then may we relegate '79' to quaint historical curiosities...?? with > Not until the general capacity of human cognition advances to make > longer lines easier to read. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
