Re: rough first impressions

[Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavallaro@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 07:34 PM, Steven Shaw wrote:

> Probably your printer's resolution isn't so high.

Landscape orientation - it matches monitor aspect ratio, so there's no 
problem there at all. And printers that do 1440 x 1440dpi  are less 
than $100.00 now.

Really, this desire for fewer columns is just a stubborn holdover from 
the days (which I too remember) of reading code on 80 column monitors 
and dot matrix printer output on pin-feed, fan-fold paper.

It would be a shame if such a good language were intentionally limited 
by memories of primitive 20th century technologies :^)

A better argument for keyword terseness is to limit typing (but that's 
not much of an argument either - people who code frequently should take 
the time to learn touch typing).

Raffael Cavallaro, Ph.D.
raffaelcavallaro@mac.com