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By rick
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Published: Jun 11 2008 / 07:05

Traditionally, it’s always been standard practice for programmers to wrap long lines of code so they don’t span more than 80 characters across the screen.
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sigzero replied ago:

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That depends on the definition of "relevant". I use the 79 column limit as a guide, sure I go over it sometimes but I try not to because it keeps the code on the screen and I don't have to scroll around looking at it. I am not a fanatic about it though.

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