[Python-ideas] 80 character line width vs. something wider

[MRAB]

spir wrote:
> Le Wed, 20 May 2009 18:02:54 -0700,
> "Raymond Hettinger" <python at rcn.com> s'exprima ainsi:
> 
>>> If the character limit didn't remain relevant, we'd remove it,   
> 
> (to Steven) We definitely don't live in the same world ;-)
> In mine, any purely legacy trait change raises religious wars. People fighting against change _always_ find "good" reasons. That seems to be part of human nature (in the world I live in).
> 
[snip]
"If it's not necessary to change then it's necessary not to change."