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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: ACM Ada Letters
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Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> writes:

> ...to which I would add
> 
>  Fixed size font resembling Courier, Courier New
> 
> for source code.

Why do we write and read source code in fixed-width fonts?
I usually do, and most folks do.
But variable width is certainly more readable.

For Russ: by "readable", I mean "easier to read".
Please don't call me an "idiot" for not being *able* to read
fixed-width fonts -- I just find variable-width fonts easier to read.

;-) ;-)

- Bob