Re: too many lines too long

At both school and at home I can fit 3 80-character buffers side by side, at a comfortable font size. Going up (even to 85 cols) would mean losing a buffer. (Or straining my eyes.) Of course I can deal with wrapped lines. But I still vote for 80 characters as a target, while allowing people wiggle room to miss this target.

The number 80 is with us for historical reasons, but I know I'm not the only one who still routinely uses 80-column buffers.

+1