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		eduardordm on Nov 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do you limit your code to a certain line w... Programmers using line lengths as a reason to building modular software is something that I never heard in my life, not even as a joke.

yen223 on Nov 29, 2012 [–]

For object-oriented languages, long line lengths are signs that you are violating the Law of Demeter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Demeter

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