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Peter C. Chapin wrote:
> 
> That said, with Ada I'm seriously considering extending my allowed lines to
> 128 characters. Between long, fully spelled out names and avoidance of 'use'
> statements Ada source lines can get pretty long!

I have long used 130-character lines. That prints legibly in landscape mode.

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Jeff Carter
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