On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 04:57:09PM +0100, karl@??? wrote:
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> The 80 chars line length comes from what was common on punched cards:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card
> The 132 limit is from the VT100 terminal:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vt100

133 was also a comon width for line printers in the 1960's.

-- hendrik