509?? (Re: Max line length)

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <2285 at buengc.BU.EDU> bph at buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
-John Carr and Doug Gwyn both quoted the pANS as requiring compilers to
-accept at least 509 chars of logical line...
-Huh???
-Do X3J11 do their discussing ain between trips to the 7-11 to buy
-lottery tickets or something?
-Did they hit the trifecta at Rosemont betting 5-0-9? (probably required
-themselves to box...:-)

Please don't clutter the net with drivel.

Rest assured that there were good and sufficient reasons for that
particular number.  If you had asked politely I might even have
explained what they were.