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Michel OLAGNON  
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 More options Mar 8 2000, 3:00 am
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From: molag...@ifremer.fr (Michel OLAGNON)
Date: 2000/03/08
Subject: Re: How long can a statement be?
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In article <8a44ub$8v...@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au>, nor...@mech.eng.usyd.edu.au writes:
>Richard Maine <ma...@altair.dfrc.nasa.gov> expounded:

>: In free source form, a statement can be up to 40 lines long and each
>: line can have up to 132 characters.

>As a matter of interest, does anyone know why the number 132 was chosen?
>I can understand the origins of the fixed-source length of 72 characters
>(punch cards being 80 characters long, less 8 for putting those line
>numbers in the right hand columns), but why 132 for the new source form?
>I would have imagined that computer scientist types would have pushed for
>128 (and maybe Cray programmers 129) so why 132?

I am surprised that none of you imperial units users seem to remember that
listing paper was(is ?) 11 inches wide, with 12 characters per inch.

Michel

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