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| bio | website | net-me.net |
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| location | Israel | |
| age | 35 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year |
| seen | Mar 4 at 13:32 | |
| stats | profile views | 2 |
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May 16 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @mplungjan wooow, I recall my mom working with it (monochrome of course) when I was a child. |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @Avio: maybe you'll like this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT52 |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @Avio, maybe improve your post by adding a more appropriate link. |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @Oded - besides, I presume people wasn't storing screenshots :) on a punchcards - one screen of code is not the same as 80x24 characters |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? 1 hole != 1 byte |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @Oded Hmmm... let me think... 80*24*7=13440 bit /80/12= exactly 14 punchcards (sorry for being mean) |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @Oded How exactly punchcard`s 80x12=960bit=120bytes, related to 80 columns (7 or 8 bit) on a terminal ? Maybe 80x24=1920 is just the closest fit for 2kb of RAM that terminals had. |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? @Oded can you prove your point ? (Wikipedia is not a proof unless it have a source) |
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May 15 |
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? +1 to justify for downvote. Another +1 (if I could) because 80-character limit for code is because of 80-column terminal and that in turn may or may not be related to punchcards. |
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May 15 |
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