Is this really necessary in 2018

[whomwah]

A bit of research shows the rule came off the back of IBM punch cards and then teletypes and video terminals in the 1970's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#I

[nicklinnell]

@whomwah The only problem is I think rubcop defaults to 80 so this doesn't change anything

[atothewest]

I quite like a limit as it does help keep things tidy, but agree that 80 feels a bit extreme nowadays. I've been using 100 on a few projects and like it.

[whomwah]

Feels like all the other rules would sort the line limit out. Maybe like @atothewest says, we set it to something high, so there's a hint but it's not going to mean there are # rubocop:disable comments everywhere.

[nicklinnell]

100 does fell like a more sensible limit to me