From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@...>
Date: 2005-08-17T00:33:08+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby style question

On 8/16/05, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Aug 16, 2005, at 7:58 AM, Kirk Haines wrote:
> 
> > My reasoning for generally trying to stay at 80 characters are that by
> > sticking to some arbitrary limit, it helps me to think about how
> > the code and
> > the comments do look.
> 
> Well put.
> 
> The eye gets lazy when it has to follow those long lines.

Right.  There's a reason why newspapers wrap lines in articles the way
they do.  It's easier for us to read.  I think the same applies to
reading source code.

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R. Mark Volkmann
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.