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I started limiting the width because of Python PEP0008, but then I realised it's a damn good idea. I've got a line somewhere that's something like:
atta = charset[source]["stats"]["baseattack"] + weaponset[charset[source]["equipment"]["weaponID"]]["attackboost"] + armourset[charset[source]["equipment"]["armourID"]]["attackboost"]
Or at least, it would be, without limiting it to 79 characters.
My current reason is, if I ever do work on joint projects, or anyone wants to read my code, it's rude to make them scroll sideways. Sideways scrolling is the work of the devil.
EDIT: Haha, I also now realise the irony that someone will need to scroll sideways to see the entire line. Oh well, the presence of a horizontal scrollybar at the bottom of the screen is proof enough, of my point.
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Ha! I write my whole program on one line, because I have dual 50" monitors and I just like to drive the point home.
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OH WOW, YOU MUST HAVE SUCH A MASSIVE PENIS.
Also, reading across two screens probably sucks.
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Yes, I also drive a Porsche 
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Stop it, you're making me jealous. 
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You're a... ahem, hard man to... ahem, beat.
Don't let my name fool you. That's my job.
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Can you explain why writing very long lines of code is rude, but a very long line in a message post is not?
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My first point would obviously be that it was unintentional, as my edit would suggest.
My second point is that this particular long line in question is completely optional reading. All you need to know is that it's long, not it's contents.
Also, sorry if I offended you.
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Offended? Au contraire. Your post generated some of the most amusing comments I've seen in awhile. LOL. Thanks.
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It fits on my screen. 
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As long as it fits the width of my screen I am happy. I hate reading across multiple screens, or even worse scrolling.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp)
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
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Same here. I just make it fit my screen, which is a lot of lines since I work on a 24" screen. It doesn't really matter though since the other programmer also has a 24" screen.
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24'' screens. You make me jealous. I work for one of the biggest banks in the world and all they want to give us are measly 17'' screens. 
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp)
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
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(or at least I was the first to vote).
I like to keep line width so the code can be printed without wrapping. I have a specific set of print font settings to allow about 125 character columns.
I have a few exceptions to this rule though.
-Jay
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For some weird reason, or maybe I am Obsessive Compulsive, I "try" to limit, when I
can, to 80 characters, because that's the width that CRTs used to be when I started
doing this.... And for printability reasons, which I rarely even do anymore.
boB K7IQ
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I never print my code, so no need to limit width.
My work code never gets too wide anyways, although my home code can stretch 2 or 3 screens - But since that's personal code, I'm not really phased 
-= Reelix =-
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JRiggs wrote: 125
I can only manage 112, so that's what I use.
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But then the first programs I wrote used punched cards and it's difficult to go beyond that. (Remember the continuation column in FORTRAN and COBOL?)
I don't bother as much these days but fold the lines (where the language
allows) at about one screen width (112 columns: the limit of our ancient line printers).
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