2009/04/26 Miguel :

2009/04/26 Jason Dusek :

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 If we do not preserve the old ways, it'll be anarchy all the  way down.

How exactly are you going to preserve old ways?

Whenever are we are presented with the a question of correct conduct, we must re-affirm our commitment to the practices handed down to us. When we revisit this question -- "Should we maintain the 80 column limit?" -- it as an opporunity to affirm this practice. Through this exercize, we perenially renew our faith in this convention, accepting the bonds of convention. This ritual -- the "line-length reminding ritual" -- is played out across all programming communities several times a year. Everyone says the same things. Then they all go away with the 80 column limit re-established in their minds. -- Jason Dusek