On 20 October 2012 15:18, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2012-10-20, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > Strangely, we've gone from 80-character fixed width displays to > > who-knows-what (if I drop my font size I can probably get nearly 200 > > characters across in full-screen mode)... > > > > But at the same time we've gone from 132-character line-printers > > using fan-fold 11x17 pages, to office inkjet/laser printers using 8.5x11 > > paper, defaulting to portrait orientation -- with a 10 character/inch > > font, and 1/4" left/right margins, we're back to 80 character limitation > ><G> > > True, but nobody prints source code out on paper do they? > > Seriously -- I can't remember the last time I printed souce code... > The A-level computing syllabus requires you to. A friend of mine who took the course ended up with a 200+ page binder. Just saying.
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