Pete Forman <petef4+use...@gmail.com> writes: > Why is it that Python continues to use a fixed width font
I think you know this isn't true. > and therefore specifies the maximum line width as a character count? and that this “therefore” is not justified by that. You've seen elsewhere the justification for *having* a maximum line width (primarily because of limits on human cognition of lines of text). As for what the limit *is*, it's much better to have an easy-to-apply and easy-to-measure rule, because consistent application is important for such a guide. Counting characters is objectively easy and easily comparable. -- \ “I think Western civilization is more enlightened precisely | `\ because we have learned how to ignore our religious leaders.” | _o__) —Bill Maher, 2003 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
