Readable Code

In the world where widescreen is now common, shouldn't readable code be pushed to 120 columns?

Yeesh, that's pretty grim.  I'm programming a Mac
*now*, but it's running 10.5.7.  It has
``orderly'' shared memory, an application-oriented IPC
mechanism that many programs already exploit in a meaningful
way, and shared libraries -- when will the *n* different
versions of Unix get them ? 

Oh yeah, and it might not be the world's most flexible
window system, but at least you know what you get when
you're running MacOS X.

The real story is that by the time the Unix camps get
together, there will be a large portion of users out there
who will be doing hairy real-world things without the
``help'' of Unix.  Already, PCs and Macs help run
long-distance phone services and produce magazines -- not
``computer'' magazines but real magazines like Spy, Wigwag,
and the Source.

Unix is best for hacking Unix utilities.  Of course, the
Lisp Machine was a far better machine for meta-hacking.
Unix is poor choice for end-users on one hand and pure
hackers on the other...