I kept my limit to 128 or 132 until I had to work in python. Any language that makes whitespace significant coupled with reasonably descripting naming makes that limit impractical imho.
I do a soft limit of 80, typically only ever exceeded by a comment w/ a link in it that might bust the cap.
Despite using a 4K display, it is nice to be able to put individual code windows side by side, multiple times, and be able to read it all w/o horizontal scrolling.
I also feel that a lot of code reaching past 80 characters could be refactored.
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[ 12.2 ms ] story [ 394 ms ] threadI like powers of two and 128 felt really too much and 64 was really too short.
Actually, this is what it is expected in the linux kernel (but some parts did fail that by A LOT).
Most of the time, it is all about complex expressions with explicit(long) variable names.
Despite using a 4K display, it is nice to be able to put individual code windows side by side, multiple times, and be able to read it all w/o horizontal scrolling.
I also feel that a lot of code reaching past 80 characters could be refactored.