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I use 120, plenty of space to fit two code windows side by side and one file browser.
With HD screens and the verbose languages we use these days (and verbosity is not always bad), it's a bit silly to try to stick to 80 char cols.
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As a primarily Java programmer, those folks need to be drawn and quartered.
Don't go near Cocoa (/Touch) developers. You will be overtaken by rage.
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80 characters is also comfortably within the limits for presenting code in most books, except for pocket reference sized books. The actual limits for most books are about 85 characters, so that leaves some leeway. Even if I have the screen real estate, I don't think I'd want to intentionally write wide code, and I like self-explanatory names. On a 4k screen I might like Eclipse layouts that put the logging next to th…
60 to 90 characters per column is widely used in typesetting for good readability. It’s probably not a good idea to go very far beyond 80 characters or so purely for readability, no matter the context.
package Foo {
class Bar {
void baz() {
// Most code is nested *at least* this deep.
}
}
}It's funny to start seeing more and more questions from people who started using computers with Windows 95. Actually, not it's not, little punks making me feel old, get off my lawn.
I don't know why they stuck with it!
C64s and amigas.. when computers were cool before microsoft ruined it! Now we've been saved by apple, hurah
While the initial reason may be historical, I've found that on smaller monitors 80 character width makes it just about wide enough to have two code windows side-by-side. That's why I usually tend to stick to that limit. Though on bigger monitors I often stick to 100.
I am also of the opinion that like names, when the line gets too long the readability goes out the door
The most popular text mode on older computers was 80 chars wide. That's really it. No other reason. I use 120, plenty of space to fit two code windows side by side and one file browser. With HD screens and the verbose languages we use these days (and verbosity is not always bad), it's a bit silly to try to stick to 80 char cols.
Of course, code isn't prose, but I'm still a fanatic about the 80-character limit. To assist with keeping lines of code short and sweet, I will often introduce aptly-named temporary variables and let the compiler sort out what's actually to happen.
I can easily fit four 80x84 windows on my external monitor (DejaVuSansMono 13 pt).
†http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3553/why-do...
It's funny to start seeing more and more questions from people who started using computers with Windows 95. Actually, not it's not, little punks making me feel old, get off my lawn.
The train of reasoning here reminds me of another story (which I think has been on HN before): Why is a space shuttle engine 4' 8.5" wide?
It's funny to start seeing more and more questions from people who started using computers with Windows 95. Actually, not it's not, little punks making me feel old, get off my lawn.
Asker of the question here, you are indeed spot on, Windows 95 was the first OS I used! The train of reasoning here reminds me of another story (which I think has been on HN before): Why is a space shuttle engine 4' 8.5" wide? http://www.astrodigital.org/space/stshorse.html