Re:80 chars per line is great
by artificialidiot on Monday March 25, 2013 @10:56AM
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With default bells and whistles your IDE provides enabled, you'd be lucky to have a 79 char wide editing area.
There are modern options though:
1. Disable unnecessary stuff on your IDE.
2. Don't use a IDE, use a dedicated editor.
3. Don't use an editor from a VGA console.
4. Stop pretending you code on a vt100.
I see no wrong with a sensibly long line which is longer than 79, just as I see no wrong in keeping multiple parts of code visible at all times. There shouldn't be hard limits or carved to stone guidelines.
There are modern options though:
1. Disable unnecessary stuff on your IDE. 2. Don't use a IDE, use a dedicated editor. 3. Don't use an editor from a VGA console. 4. Stop pretending you code on a vt100.
I see no wrong with a sensibly long line which is longer than 79, just as I see no wrong in keeping multiple parts of code visible at all times. There shouldn't be hard limits or carved to stone guidelines.