[Haskell-cafe] Re: Is 78 characters still a good option? Was: breaking too long lines

[John A. De Goes]

Another reason for the 80 character limit: some developers have very  
poor eyesight, which can be overcome with large monitors and large  
fonts. This won't work if you have to scroll the code.

Regards,

John A. De Goes
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On Apr 22, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Achim Schneider wrote:

> Jason Dusek <jason.dusek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Really, the whole thing makes me wish we had blasphemy laws.
>>
>>    If any person, in speaking or in writing, shall indicate
>>    a preference for column widths other than 80 or indent
>>    characters other than spaces (`0x20`) they shall be
>>    compelled to present some science or be subject to
>>    imprisonment.
>>
> I'll definitely add it to the list of questions should I ever  
> conduct a
> job interview. Just to test how much backing people have for their  
> zeal.
>
>
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