I thought it is 5 at the start for FORTRAN line numbers (loop labels), the 6th column marks continuation lines, and the 8 at the end are ignored by FORTRAN and usually used for a card sequence number. So more like 66 columns for actual code.
Writing C with 8 column tabs for indentation means code is usually less than 72 columns wide.
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Date: 2009-05-11 03:56 pm (UTC)Writing C with 8 column tabs for indentation means code is usually less than 72 columns wide.