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I suppose I phrased it badly - I meant I don't get why anyone would have a limit as low as 80 unless they're coding on an Apple II or a 10" netbook. But you fill your 24" 1920x1080 with 160 characters and change? That's like font size 18, just sounds huge to me. But hey, it's your display.

Also, I do quite a lot of numerical code where it's more important to me to line stuff up so that physical symmetries are reflected in the code, makes coding much easier and less bug prone. So I guess that also explains my bias.

But like you say, we all like different things.