Reply to post: I used to feel the same.

80-characters-per-line limits should be terminal, says Linux kernel chief Linus Torvalds

Andy00ff00

I used to feel the same.

And mostly I still do. However I once worked with a blind programmer, and had an eye-opening conversation regarding line length limits and how TABS-for-indent are really desirable.

I'm not trying to open the argument, just saying it's always interesting to listen to other perspectives.

(In addtion, he also used text-to-speech, and as a result was really good at catching typos and spellling errors).

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon