[bjourne]

IME, there is a very strong correlation between good developers and short lines. Bad devs doesn't mind if some lines are 150+ chars long and require horizontal scrolling. They also don't care that much about consistent naming of symbols or having correctly indented code. There are very strong reasons for keeping your lines short, naming consistent and indentation in check. But at the end of the day, you either "get" it or you don't.

[bliker]

For me those things are almost like a book cover. If I open a file and I see freakishly long lines I just assume that the content will be not well crafted.