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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 02:55:25 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:32:29 +0000, Richard Harnden wrote:

> On 28/02/2025 21:10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:21:01 +0000, Richard Harnden wrote:
>> 
>>> Have your mental margin-bell ding at around 75 characters ...
>> 
>> What was the ding for? Was it because typists were not in the habit of
>> looking at what they were typing?
> 
> They didn't need to look at what they were typing, because
> they could touch-type.

Touch-typing means not having to look at the keyboard. It doesn’t mean not 
looking at what you're typing.