[Haskell-cafe] Optimal line length for haskell

[Malcolm Wallace]

It is kind of ironic that the wide code examples in the blog post are wrapped at 65 chars by the blog formatting.

Regards,
    Malcolm

On 29 Oct 2012, at 11:50, Rustom Mody wrote:

> There was a recent discussion on the python list regarding maximum line length.
> It occured to me that beautiful haskell programs tend to be plump (ie have long lines) compared to other languages whose programs are 'skinnier'.
> My thoughts on this are at http://blog.languager.org/2012/10/layout-imperative-in-functional.html.
> 
> Are there more striking examples than the lexer from the standard prelude?
> [Or any other thoughts/opinions :-) ]