80 column rule is inherited from olden days where punch cards had 80 columns.
Then back when I was in college, my CS professor urged students stick to 80 columns due to small monitor screen sizes. (He used XEmacs with 2 windows on each side mostly).
Given today's monitor sizes and absence of punch cards, there is no reason to stick to the 80 column rule.
Alas, I've seen people writing past 200 columns but that's just pushing it IMHO.
Nowadays, column limit depends on how you or your teammates define them to be.
I usually don't go past 120 columns (using VS Editor Guidelines plugin).
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80 column rule is inherited from olden days where
punch cardshad 80 columns.Then back when I was in college, my CS professor urged students stick to 80 columns due to
small monitor screensizes. (He used XEmacs with 2 windows on each side mostly).Given today's monitor sizes and absence of punch cards, there is no reason to stick to the 80 column rule.
Alas, I've seen people writing past 200 columns but that's just pushing it IMHO.
Nowadays, column limit depends on how you or your teammates define them to be.
I usually don't go past 120 columns (using VS Editor Guidelines plugin).