[gdal-dev] Starting a discussion on style and coding guidelines

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 9 May 2016 at 17:14, Joaquim Luis <jluis at ualg.pt> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is one aspect of the coding style that I honestly do not understand.
> Why continuing to recommend the 80 chars line width?

Perhaps, paraphrasing Kevlin Henney, because
not everyone falls in love with high-resolution screens
and not everyone can actually now project the whole of the Serengeti :)

[1] https://vimeo.com/97329157

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net