In article <Xns9F2695C6AAA73duncanbooth@127.0.0.1>, Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > > > On 07/17/2011 08:01 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> Roy Smith wrote: > >>> We don't have that problem any more. It truly boggles my > >>> mind that we're still churning out people with 80 column > >>> minds. I'm willing to entertain arguments about readability > >>> of long lines, but the idea that there's something magic > >>> about 80 columns is hogwash. > >> > >> I agree! Which is why I set my line width to 78 columns. > > > > Bah, when I started programming > > on the Apple ][+, we had no > > lower-case and a 40-column limit > > on the TV display. > > But you try and tell the young > > people today that... > > and they won't believe ya'. > > Acorn System One: 9 character 7 segment led display and 25 key keypad, 1Kb > RAM, 512 bytes ROM. HP-9810. http://www.hpmuseum.org/98xx/9810n3qs.jpg. BTW, if anybody has one of these in working condition that they want to get rid of, let me know. I'd love to play with one again. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
