"Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
In article <[email protected]>,
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]_zealand> wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, AK wrote:

> As monitors are getting bigger, is there a general change in opinion on
> the 79 chars limit in source files?

WHAT 79-character limit in source files?

I currently have my Emacs windows set at 100 characters wide, and IĆ¢?Tm
thinking of going wider.

Remember, the old hardcopy terminals used to produce 132-character-wide
listings.

Those of you who think "old hardcopy terminals" did 132 wide obviously
don't remember the ASR-33 :-)

ASR33s I think might have been 72 columns wide (and punched cards had a similar restriction).

However, lineprinter output was more likely to be 132 columns.

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