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

[Arnaud Delobelle]

On 26 May 2009, at 18:35, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:

> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 09:47:05AM -0700, Aahz wrote:
>> On Tue, May 26, 2009, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn wrote:
>>>
>>> Personally, I would consider "objective arguments" to be controlled,
>>> repeatasble, studies with quantitative results.  I've seen such  
>>> studies
>>> about light-background-dark-foreground vs. dark-foreground-
>>> light-background, which is why I use the former now.  I haven't seen
>>> such studies about line width, especially not with Python text as
>>> opposed to English text.
>>
>> Personally, I would be amazed to see any significant difference  
>> between
>> the two foreground/background combinations you list.  ;-)
>
> Entirely off topic by now, but these differences are more significant
> for e.g. dyslectic people.  And these studies exist and are the reason
> exam papers in the UK are printed black on yellow etc.

Which papers?  Not SATs, GCSEs or A-Levels.

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Arnaud