I was in the camp of "I disagree with 79 character rule" when I started. However, as someone who has written lots of Python for work, I realized that it does make the code look more readable and while I used to do it initially out of compliance with the existing code, I now do it it because I like it.
Does anyone else feel this way? Or I like it because I had to do it and therefore had to like it in the process.