Wait. You code in a sans-serif non-fixed-width font!?

Yes. I guess it was Bjarne who convinced me to try it (The C++ Programming Language book was set with a variable width font). I find it pleasing to the eye and the sacrifice is .. well, what? Indenting still works and I don't do the block-style formatted comments etc.

It's a really good point -- not since punched cards & F77 has column number meant anything...

So why the monospaced font (I'm guilty of this as well)? Maybe it just sets our minds up for reading code instead of prose?

That's crazy talk!

He convinced me for presentation, but I still code in a monospaced font.

Most programmer's fonts are sans-serif - eg

* the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono in Linux distro terminals

* Default terminal.app font in OS X

* Powershell / Visual Studio use Consolas in Windows

Those silly bars on the end of your typewriter font distract from the true shape of the character.

Agreed re: variable width being unusual.