[–] smidgeon 1y ago ↗ It probably all started with typewriters (and teleprinters).Nope, it started with books where 500 years of typographic practice has taught us that anything above 80 characters a line quickly becomes unreadable. [–] sails01 1y ago ↗ Code is not read like a book, so not clear how relevant is that argument.In my case being able to read more significant lines in one go, clearly helps me navigate and understand code better.And I let my IDE (Jetbrains) to the wrapping based on the actual width of the editor windows at any time, it works really well.
[–] sails01 1y ago ↗ Code is not read like a book, so not clear how relevant is that argument.In my case being able to read more significant lines in one go, clearly helps me navigate and understand code better.And I let my IDE (Jetbrains) to the wrapping based on the actual width of the editor windows at any time, it works really well.
[–] compressedgas 1y ago ↗ The entire point of a character line length limit is so that a diff doesn't have wrapping lines on a terminal. And so that most changes become line insertions or deletions rather than modifications of lines.
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 21.7 ms ] threadNope, it started with books where 500 years of typographic practice has taught us that anything above 80 characters a line quickly becomes unreadable.
In my case being able to read more significant lines in one go, clearly helps me navigate and understand code better.
And I let my IDE (Jetbrains) to the wrapping based on the actual width of the editor windows at any time, it works really well.