From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,429176cb92b1b825 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!newsfeed.utanet.at!newsfeed01.chello.at!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: AWS Coding Styles (and about boring plain-linear text files in the end) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:22:43 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jan 2011 09:22:43 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 301ec3be.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=kN]fSM7C2Yk[F<50eo:0knic==]BZ:afn4Fo<]lROoRa<`=YMgDjhgbZFm4oJHSm]j[6LHn;2LCVn7enW;^6ZC`d\`mfM[68DCcFFdk5YNn<]k X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16513 Date: 2011-01-18T09:22:43+01:00 List-Id: On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:45:16 -0800 (PST), Adam Beneschan wrote: > On Jan 17, 5:47�am, Bill Findlay wrote: > >>>> A line should never be longer than 79 characters, >>>> not counting the line separator. >> >>> � � I fully agree with this is some sense (just that I use 78 >>> � � characters instead of 79). >> >> Why 78/79 and not 80, as I have always used? > > I tend to make all my windows 80 characters wide. 72! The positions 73..80 are reserved the punched card number. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de