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Post #300,230 by static 11/23/08 11:48:50 PM Reply	Anyone on stackoverflow.com? This is Joel Spolsky's experiment at a quite different way of collecting community knowledge about Good Programming. I am on there (as 'staticsan') with a few answers here and there. But I notice it seems to be attracting the sort of programmer who defends brace-styles in coding. Wade.
Post #300,253 by crazy 11/24/08 1:51:42 PM Reply	Why would anyone need to defend that? The "correct" brace style. After all, there is only one.
Post #300,255 by malraux 11/24/08 1:56:31 PM Reply	Yes, and it's mine. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #300,256 by mvitale 11/24/08 1:57:48 PM Reply	Which one? I've seen your code. You have had multiple brace-styles over the years. They change on a whim, it seems..... -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #300,260 by malraux 11/24/08 4:02:05 PM Reply	The early ones are from when I was young and unwise. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #300,279 by mvitale 11/24/08 8:17:51 PM Reply	As opposed to now, when you are old and unwise? -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #300,278 by static 11/24/08 8:13:58 PM Reply	Well, that was kinda my point. :-) If people need to defend the notion of always using braces around an if() expression, then I think maybe they might be programming at the limits of their ability. There's a certain amount of hostility about certain langauges, too. There's the anti-PHP crowd, the anti-Perl crowd, the anti-MS crowd... Wade.
Post #300,281 by malraux 11/24/08 8:28:16 PM Reply	Why wouldn't you defend that? There is a very good reason for always using braces around if()s. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #300,360 by CrisR 11/26/08 11:47:19 PM Reply	Forget the braces... ...the lack of space between the if and parenthesis is the major lapse. :-)

Anyone on stackoverflow.com? - (static) - (8) - Nov. 23, 2008, 11:48:50 PM EST

Why would anyone need to defend that? - (crazy) - (7) - Nov. 24, 2008, 01:51:42 PM EST

Yes, and it's mine. -NT - (malraux) - (3) - Nov. 24, 2008, 01:56:31 PM EST

Which one? - (mvitale) - (2) - Nov. 24, 2008, 01:57:48 PM EST

The early ones are from when I was young and unwise. -NT - (malraux) - (1) - Nov. 24, 2008, 04:02:05 PM EST

As opposed to now, when you are old and unwise? -NT - (mvitale) - Nov. 24, 2008, 08:17:51 PM EST

Well, that was kinda my point. :-) - (static) - (2) - Nov. 24, 2008, 08:13:58 PM EST

Why wouldn't you defend that? - (malraux) - Nov. 24, 2008, 08:28:16 PM EST

Forget the braces... - (CrisR) - Nov. 26, 2008, 11:47:19 PM EST

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