2009/04/25 Thomas Davie
2009/04/25 Jason Dusek:
There will always be some people who prefer longer lines. The real issue is, how do we deal with the fundamental disagreement here? It's not like we can have both. Also those people who like long lines -- will they all agree to a long line length?
There are those who are driven by an archaic standard from the width of the terminal screen, and there are those who are driven by the aesthetics of their code.
False dichotomy :) I am appalled on an aesthetic as well as practical level by lines that reach outside my terminal. It's not important, though -- that's something I've gotten used to; naturally if the standard had been 100 I would have gotten used to that. It's about following clear standards, not ignorance of the width of my screen.
As always, opinions on aesthetics differ slightly, but overall, everyone seems to mostly agree...
Eh? Since when did they mostly agree? The 200 column example we've seen brought out a lot of disagreement. -- Jason Dusek