On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, WJCarpenter wrote:
> jesper> So IMHO we need to cater for the lowest common denominator -
> jesper> and that is probably 80 char wide displays.
>
> My question was more along the lines of "is 80 the greatest common
> denominator, or are most people using bigger screens anyhow?" Me? I
> use punched cards, so 80 is a natural fit (after I take off 8 columns
> at the right end for sequence numbering).
I never counted the left-most 6 columns. Fortran used those for
comments/labels/contiuation marks :-)
But I use 80 column terminals too. I vote for assuming 80 columns,
otherwise I can't get as many Eterms on my 1600x1200 screen :-)
IDE's? Bah!
Cheers
Martin
