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Is the 80 Columns Limit Dead?

Posted by Cliff on from the increased-screen-width dept.

Dancing Primate asks: "Reading through the code of co-workers and various open source projects, I'm finding that people are no longer formatting their code to 80 columns. With most people using X and the wide range of non-vi editors, is the 80 column limitation disappearing? Am I the only one who gets grumpy when I do a diff or print code, and it's hard to read?"

3 of 317 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh common you know that was funny!!!

  2. Glory Hole? by nlindstrom · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The partition between the women's restroom and the men's restroom has acquired a glory hole. Can that be considered a job perk?

  3. Re:Dumbest thread ever by julesh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOL. This was the last comment in the thread :)