A Brief, Incomplete ... History of Programming Languages (http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html) "1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate."
(And I still think sticking to at least not often going much over 80 helps more than it reduces readability. But I'll settle for 132 as a hard limit.)
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"1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate."
(And I still think sticking to at least not often going much over 80 helps more than it reduces readability. But I'll settle for 132 as a hard limit.)