[simplicio]

Well, no ones coding on a VT100 terminal anymore :) It started as a physical constraint. Most computers, even laptops, have wide enough screens that 80 characters looks kinda compressed.

Personally, I've started using 100 columns for personal projects. But I stick to 80 for anything someone else is going to have to look at. To some extent, its more important to have a standard, so you don't have to worry about weird line-wrapping placements when someone else looks at your code, than it is to have one that fits superwell on the average modern screen. So we're probably stuck with 80