"Limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters"

[Skaperen]

i do not understand applying the limit to the thread itself. the forum editor
takes in text without any newlines and outputs it likewise in HTML, allowing
the user's local browser to wrap lines (usually word wrapped) according to the
width and font size the local user has set. this is how i have always entered
text in all forums i use, including here. maybe more explanation is needed to
understand this?

i guess the 79 character limit was applied to the post input? does this mean
that we should do this? how is it done here? is it a mod tool?

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you will find that my style of code, even in C, is "inconsistent" enough for
people to often complain about it. my style is more about readability on a
case-by-case basis. that means that i will choose what i do in each case based
on which way is most readable. yet, i still get complaints that my code is
"unreadable"". pressed on the issue, they usually reveal that just a few parts
of my code are harder to read than an alternate style i could have chosen (but
didn't). at the time i write the code i usually have only one reader to
evaluate readability. that reader is me.

is this post readable with the width limited to 79 characters?