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Subject: Re: PEP8 79 char max
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On Jul 29, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson =
<devyncjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Evidently, it is personal preference. I prefer to read computer code =
like a book (yes, I am a weirdo (^u^)). The only time I exced 79 =
characters is when I write a set of commands that perform similar tasks. =
I do not make too many lines over 79 char. Thanks everyone for the =
comments and feedback.

I have heard this statement before, and so I'm wondering: do you read =
books printed in monospaced typefaces, or do they have proportional =
fonts? I've yet to come across anything meant to be read as literature =
that was monospaced, because it is much harder to read.

I had read about a developer who switched to using proportional fonts =
for coding, and somewhat skeptically, tried it out. After a day or so it =
stopped looking strange, and after a week it seemed so much easier to =
read. I only switched back because I found I lost productivity switching =
from vim to a graphical text editor.


-- Ed Leafe