On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 05:33:39PM +0000, Russel Winder wrote: > On Sun, 2012-01-29 at 09:17 -0500, bearophile wrote: [...] > > D2 style guide should *require* D2 to be edited using a mono-spaced > > font, and the D2 front-end should enforce this with a "-ms" compiler > > switch. > > Surely this is a level of fascism too far (*). Using monospace fonts is > just so 1960s, the era of typewriters and 80x25 terminals.
I always code with tab stops set to 8 and line wrapping set to 80 columns. > Personally I am living in an era where monitors deal with proportional > fonts which every experiment done shows are easier to read. *Text* is easier to read with proportional fonts. Code is not the same as text. > Why do so many programmers hanker for the 1960s and the necessity of > monospace fonts, it seems irrational. I am irrational. ;-) T -- I am a consultant. My job is to make your job redundant. -- Mr Tom
