1.2KA Guessing Game(lemmy.zip)posted 1 month ago byMaven (famous)@lemmy.zipin programmer_humor@programming.devView comments105 commentssavehidereportSort:HotTopControversialNewOldYou are viewing a single thread.View all comments View context [ +- ]Gutek8134@lemmy.world32 points1 month agoI’ve heard it’s because old screens were like 60 character wide permalinksavereportparentreply[ +- ]jadelord@discuss.tchncs.de26 points1 month agoAlso punched cards had around 80 columns, which put a hard limit on the number of characters per line. permalinksavereportparentreply