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Re:But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” an... by GuiA on Friday May 29, 2020 @07:33PM (#23356868)
Yeah, when you do typesetting you quickly learn that ~10 words per line is a sweet spot for readability.
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Re:But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” an... by lostmyoldone on Saturday May 30, 2020 @03:03PM (#23363704)
I wonder what the equivalent of 10 words is for code in <programming language> ?

The large number of symbols in many languages that are clearly not words in the usual sense might make the comparison a bit tricky, or wouldn't it ?

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