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"Anders Wirzenius" <anders@no.email.thanks.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Benjamin Ketcham <bketcham@drizzle.com> writes:
>>
>> Well, the line count affects readability rather profoundly, in
>> this example!  Not being an expert in any of the languages
>> concerned, I can take a more objective view of readability
>> perhaps; and I can say that if I had to figure out and maintain
>> any of these programs, the one that easily fits in entirety
>> on an 80x24 screen wins my approval.  I.e., this
>> might not scale to larger projects: I'm not at all sure I'd
>> rather read a 1400-line Perl program than a 7600-line C++
>> program or a 15800-line Ada program.  Actually, "none of the
>> above" sounds most appealing.
>>
>
> Anyone else than I missing the good old days with printouts
> from line printers with continuous paper?
>
> Anders

Yep, I miss that :-).  Along with green and amber monochrome monitors that 
when turned on, you could shut down the heating in the house and open the 
your windows...in January no less ;-).