[m-users.] Coding style
Ralph Becket <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:15:23 +0000
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Hi everybody,
Happy New Year!
About twenty years back, when I left Mercury to start in mainstream commerc=
ial programming, monitors were a lot narrower. There was a strong feeling =
then that 80 columns was the Right and Proper Line Length. Nowadays, of co=
urse, monitors are much more generous. While I reject uncontrolled line le=
ngths, 80 columns seems painfully tight. (I think the Linux developers mov=
ed away from this some years ago). That said, when (back) in Rome, do as t=
he Romans do. So: what's the modern community position on this?
Cheers,
Ralph
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<head>
<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-=
1">
<style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo=
ttom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir=3D"ltr">
<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;=
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Hi everybody,</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;=
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<br>
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Happy New Year!</div>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof">
<br>
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<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;=
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof">
About twenty years back, when I left Mercury to start in mainstream commerc=
ial programming, monitors were a lot narrower. There was a strong fee=
ling then that 80 columns was the Right and Proper Line Length. Nowad=
ays, of course, monitors are much more generous.
While I reject uncontrolled line lengths, 80 columns seems painfully tight=
. (I think the Linux developers moved away from this some years ago).=
That said, when (back) in Rome, do as the Romans do. So: what'=
s the modern community position on this?</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;=
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof">
<br>
</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;=
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof">
Cheers,</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;=
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D"elementToProof">
Ralph</div>
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