Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Indenting and alignment style
Message-ID: <1988Dec9.190711.4119@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <17680@adm.BRL.MIL> <1748@solo3.cs.vu.nl> <9063@smoke.BRL.MIL> <9076@smoke.BRL.MIL> <4733@mtgzz.att.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 88 19:07:11 GMT

In article <4733@mtgzz.att.com> avr@mtgzz.att.com (a.v.reed) writes:
>The solution, I think, is to write code in the style that's best for
>you, and use "prettyprinting" tools when reading or editing code written
>in a different style by somebody else. 

This would be the solution if prettyprinters were smart enough to equal
the job done by a conscientious programmer.  They aren't.

>... Insisting that everyone
>conform to what you happen to like and/or are used to isn't just
>religion, it is neanderthal religion...

No, it's called "having standards", actually.
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