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  2. From: jsm16@cornell.edu (James Margaris)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
  4. Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
  5. Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:59:08 -0400
  6. Organization: Cornell University
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  11.  
  12. In article <gfarrow.829193316@rainbow>, gfarrow@rainbow.rmii.com (Glenn
  13. Farrow) wrote:
  14.  
  15. > John Joseph Newbigin <079519@bud.cc.swin.edu.au> writes:
  16. > 
  17. > >But it is a lot easier to read
  18. > 
  19. > >if(something_happened)
  20. > >{
  21. > >     do_something_else();
  22. > >}
  23. > >is_n't_it();   :)
  24. > 
  25. > Nonesense.  This style is extremely annoying because it spreads the code out
  26. > too much, it increases the amount you have to page around a source file.  
  27. > Putting "{" on a separate line is a waste of space that should be occupied
  28. > by code.
  29. > 
  30. >                                                         Glenn
  31.  
  32.    It seems to me that addding a few extra lines is well worth the
  33. readability. Matching up curly braces is so much easier when they are
  34. indented to the same level.
  35.  
  36.                                              James Margaris
  37.