The Case Against Character Count Line Limits

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1 points michidk | 5 comments | 03 Apr 25 05:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.814s | source
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2. smidgeon ◴[03 Apr 25 08:08 UTC] No.43566430[source]▶
It probably all started with typewriters (and teleprinters).

Nope, it started with books where 500 years of typographic practice has taught us that anything above 80 characters a line quickly becomes unreadable.

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3. sails01 ◴[03 Apr 25 09:24 UTC] No.43567068[source]▶
Code is not read like a book, so not clear how relevant is that argument.

In my case being able to read more significant lines in one go, clearly helps me navigate and understand code better.

And I let my IDE (Jetbrains) to the wrapping based on the actual width of the editor windows at any time, it works really well.

4. compressedgas ◴[03 Apr 25 18:11 UTC] No.43573341[source]▶
The entire point of a character line length limit is so that a diff doesn't have wrapping lines on a terminal. And so that most changes become line insertions or deletions rather than modifications of lines.