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1. Marius Gedminas

   @fendus there are many good reasons to obey the 80 columns limit: readability, smartphones, multiple columns of text on large displays etc.

   about a year ago from web at Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
   • Sebastián Magrí

     @fendus I don't consider that as the main reason to limit my lines to 79 chars. Nowadays it's just a way to make code more readable.

     about a year ago
   • zodmaner

     @fendus 79 character limit per line is still a very good advise.

     about a year ago
   • zodmaner

     @fendus It makes code easier to read as well as makes it easier to compare codes by opening 2 terminals side-by-side.

     about a year ago
   • zodmaner

     @fendus Also, today's terminal still have default window size of 80x25, you know.

     about a year ago
   • Raymond McGinlay Python

     @fendus I still think the 79 character limit helps code readability. !python

     about a year ago
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   • Sebastián Magrí

     @fendus If you have to write something that needs a lot of line breaks because of the 79chrs limit, you need to refactor that sentence.

     about a year ago
   • Dieter Plaetinck

     @mgedmin imho code limited to 80chars is often *less* readable.

     about a year ago