On 80 columns should (not) be enough for everyone

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Mon Jan 31 09:10:45 PST 2011


On 01/31/2011 01:48 AM, foobar wrote:
> Stewart Gordon Wrote:
>
>> Therein lies the problem - in this day and age, everyone's screen is
>> different, and everyone's needs are different.  Even if we can get
>> people to agree on a limit of 100 in this day and age, it might not suit
>> the programmers of the future.  After all, OUAT people managed with the
>> 32 columns of the ZX Spectrum.
>>
>> Stewart.
>
> That's why I'm opposed to *any*  artificial limit as proposed by Andrei.

Opposition rendered anonymously from an armchair quarterback has little 
credibility. If you join Phobos on technical merit, we will all be very 
glad to do our best to accommodate your needs.

Andrei


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