Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:31:04 -0600 | From | Joel Schopp <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: remove the 80 charactes punch card limit |
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>> >> >> While the origins of 80 character lines dates back to punchcards >> there is a reason it has survived the test of time. > > Has it though? If that were the undisputed truth, we wouldn't be > having this discussion.
If you know of a usability study that quantifies the effect of line length on readibility of C code I'm willing to listen, and I'm sure others are too.
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