Comment by snapdaddy

FWIW (not a lot), I do believe in a lot of these principles.

For example, even with widescreen monitors, it is still useful to limit line length. Why? Because many people will have multiple source files side-by-side on one of those widescreen monitors, at which point it makes sense for them to not run on indefinitely.

And of course, that is just a guideline, one that I break regularly. However, if it's a method with many args, I'll break the args onto their own lines.

However, the overriding concern is that an organisation works to code towards a common style, whatever that may be, so that unfamiliar code is predictable and understandable.