[erlang-questions] Style wars: junk comments

[Björn-Egil Dahlberg]

12 sep 2012 kl. 16:14 skrev Robert Virding
<robert.virding@REDACTED>:

> Computers speak ASCII and lines are 80 chars long, that's just the way it is.

The only good thing about a 80 char limit is that it forces developers
to structure their code in more functions. That increases readability
imho.

Not a big fan otherwise. I think I have suppressed memories of a
fortran compiler hurling fatal errors at me for using more than 80
chars some time in the past. Horrible experience.

// Björn-Egil

>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Niclas Eklund" <nick@REDACTED>
>> To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
>> Sent: Wednesday, 12 September, 2012 10:45:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Style wars: junk comments
>>
>> On 09/12/2012 10:33 AM, Ivan Uemlianin wrote:
>>> I agree.
>>>
>>> The emacs gen_server skeleton has things like:
>>>
>>> %%%===================================================================
>>> %%% Internal functions
>>> %%%===================================================================
>>>
>>> (note 70 chars wide)
>>>
>>> It's as if they're section headings at the top of a page in a book.
>>>
>>
>> Would you prefer 80 chars? Must the IBM punch card still haunt us?!
>> ;-)
>>
>> http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/148677/why-is-80-characters-the-standard-limit-for-code-width
>>
>> /Nick
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