A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness

[Prasad, Ramit]

Den wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:06:43 PM UTC-7, Zero Piraeus wrote:
> > :
> >
> >
> > What are people's preferred strategies for dealing with lines that go
> >
> > over 79 characters? A few I can think of off the bat:
> >
> 
> I personally just keep typing until my statement is finished.  This is my program, not PEP's.
> 
> But I have to say I'm amused by the whole question, and others related to PEP8.  A quick aside, the width of our
> roads all go back to the width of a two horse rig.  The suggested maximum of 80 characters goes back to teletype
> machines, and IBM cards, and character based terminals
> 
> Should that really be the basis for a suggested style now?
> 
> Den

Unlike IBM cards and the teletype, character based terminals are still
widely used (at least in the developer communities). They often default to
80 characters, but handle various sizes. So that comparison is not quite
fair. 

Ramit Prasad

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