Re: Apple and the Holy War

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Paul Schlyter <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote:

> In article <pJwT4.603$W45.954@newsfeed.slurp.net>,
> Forrest <bctimes@hotmail.com> wrote:
>  
> > Somewhere, pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> > 
> >>Why the 78 chars/line limit?
> > 
> > Because that's what RJLissner picked.
>  
> Why did he do that?
>  
> > The last two characters were reserved for spaces and return characters.
>  
> OK, of these two one is occupied for the return character.  How many
> spaces can you squeeze in the other one?

It stores a count which indicates how many spaces are to the left of the
line, i.e. how far the line is indented.

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David Empson
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