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Re: OT: Why is C so popular?



On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:35:25 +0200
Francois Bottin <fbottin@free.fr> wrote:
> Compare it with SUN's recomendations for Java (but useable also for C):
> if (cond) {
>     block;
> } else {
>     block;
> }
 
> In this case I find it much better than the GNU Coding Standards, and there
> is only one line more than Python...

    Except the else does not line up with the if and it is too easy to skip
over that line with your eyes and miss what it is.

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