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Name :   Scott Hunsaker
Organization :   Hart Intercivic
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  .20.5
Page no. :  5-9
Line no.:  
Comment :  128
5.4.2.k
Comment:
Has no line of code exceeding
80 columns in width…

Recommended change:
Strike this requirement

Rationale:
Modern display and print
technology has progressed
beyond the 80-character
display. This restriction makes
code written with descriptive
variables difficult to read,
because descriptive variables
increase line length. This
requirement is effectively
defined by the collective
requirements of Volume 1
Section 4.2.3 "Software
Modularity and Programming"